How to tell if a wall is load-bearing before you remove it
The clues that suggest a wall carries load, why a técnico must confirm it, and what propping and a new beam involve.
Guides to interior demolition and strip-out in Spain
Before you knock down a wall or strip out a kitchen in Spain, a few questions decide how the job goes: is the wall structural, do you need a permit, what will the community say, and how will the rubble leave the building. These guides answer them.
Each guide covers one question in full, written for owners who may not be in Spain and who want to understand the process before talking to a técnico, an administrator or a contractor. They explain what the rules say where the rules are clear, and where each town hall decides for itself, they say so and tell you who to ask.
Start with how to tell whether a wall is load-bearing and whether you need a permit to remove an internal wall if you are planning a knock-through. If you own an apartment, read the guides on the community of owners, noise, dust and working hours and getting rubble out without a lift. For techniques and risks, see hand demolition explained, commercial strip-out step by step and hidden asbestos in interior renovations.
When you are ready to plan your own job, the service pages explain how we carry out each type of work, starting with full interior strip-out.
Guides
Do you need a permit to remove an internal wall in Spain?
Declaración responsable vs licence for wall removal in Andalusia, Málaga city specifics, protected centres and community consent.
Strip-out in an apartment building: community of owners rules
When the community must be told, when the owners' meeting decides, and how to run a strip-out without falling out with the neighbours.
Noise, dust and working hours during renovations in Spain
Which strip-out tasks make the most noise and dust, how they are contained, and what to agree with town hall rules and neighbours.
Getting rubble out of an apartment without a lift
Stairs, chutes, hoists and skips: the real options for moving demolition waste out of a flat with no usable lift.
Hand demolition explained: tools, protection and when it is used
The tools, protective equipment and working sequence of manual demolition, and the situations where it beats machinery.
Commercial strip-out step by step
The stages of stripping a shop, bar or office back to shell: scope, paperwork, services, soft strip, waste and handover.
Hidden asbestos in interior renovations: where it appears
The places asbestos can hide in a flat, villa or shop, what to do if you find a suspect material and how removal is organised.
Planning a strip-out on the Costa del Sol?
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