Load-bearing wall - how do I know when I've reached the load-bearing post/wall?

[Arvida]

Hello,

I am tearing down a wall to open up between the hallway and the living room. How do I know when I have reached the load-bearing post/wall? Have I already torn down too much? According to the blueprint, part of the wall was supposed to be 90 cm from the start, but the previous owner chose to make the wall whole, and that's what I'm tearing down to make it like the blueprint.

 

[Kane]

You thus have a wall where it indicates there is a visible beam? Then it is likely a load-bearing wall.
No blueprint of the entire house and section drawing?

 

[Arvida]

So you have a wall where it states there is a visible beam? Then it is likely a load-bearing wall. No drawing of the entire house and section drawing?

I don't know if I understood your question correctly, but where it says visible beam in the drawing is currently the opening between the living room and the hall. Where it says "wall H=0.9m" was previously a whole wall, not 90 cm, but I want it to be 90 cm as it states in the drawing, and therefore I am in the process of demolishing it. My question is how many studs can I cut until I hit the load-bearing section according to the drawing?

Unfortunately, I don't have a section drawing.

 

[Arvida]

According to the drawing, it's only where the wall is striped that it is load-bearing. So I want to know how long/wide that part is so that I don't cut through it.

 

[Kane]

According to the drawing, only the part of the wall that is striped is load-bearing. So I want to know the exact length/width of that section so I don't cut it.

Then you will need a beam over the entire span and can remove the wall. Have you seen the beam in the demolished part yet?

 

[Arvida]

Then you should have a beam across the entire span, and you can remove the wall. Have you seen the beam in the demolished part yet?

I don't know what a beam should look like
Is this the beam?

 

[BirgitS]

It depends on whether the wood that is visible goes all the way up to the ceiling or not. How does it look at the top near the ceiling in the opening between the rooms?

 

[Arvida]

It depends on whether the visible wood goes all the way up to the ceiling or not. How does it look at the top near the ceiling in the opening between the rooms?

unfortunately, I can't see what's behind the white trim.

 

[BirgitS]

It should be the beam that is mentioned in the drawing.

 

[BirgitS]

I'm tearing down a wall to open up between the hallway and the living room. How can I tell when I've reached the load-bearing post/wall? Have I already torn down too much?

Have you measured on the drawing how long the dashed wall in the corner is, respectively, from the corner to the other side of the opening? Those two measurements give you how much of the stretch was meant to be a whole wall from the start. Then, just measure the stretch in reality as well.