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Wall openings in Maarssen

At the start of this project, the client wanted a clear span of more than 7 m to the new rear wall and, perpendicular to it, another opening through to the kitchen. We were able to convince the client that such a large opening would be expensive and difficult: The spanning beam becomes very deep The supporting columns also […]

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Raising a floor

Because the large basement was very low and the ground floor very high, we raised a timber floor on Monseigneur van de Weteringstraat in Utrecht. We paid extra attention to resisting possible horizontal forces, installing temporary horizontal propping before an arched structure was […]

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