another load-bearing wall or?

[pajsen]

Encountered this wall. It's not made of heavy studs but 50*50 and they're placed 60cc. The wall runs between an exterior wall and a regular interior wall.

What do you think, is it load-bearing? Maybe it provides lateral support but that's also strange because it's a townhouse and it's in the middle of the row, but there are some houses here that are completely detached and maybe they're the ones that need this construction.

 

[JOW]

Is it diagonal studs there, or is it steel strips?

 

[pajsen]

yep diagonal studs that are cut to a reasonably good fit between the vertical studs.

on one side of the wall, there is kitchen furnishing hanging, on the other side, there was nothing at all except an incredibly ugly wallpaper that refused to come off, so the drywall is coming off.

wondering because it's the second time I've encountered a "load-bearing" wall even though I've been told there are no load-bearing walls on the ground floor, that's what it looks like on the drawing too...weird! but maybe it's because there are identical houses that are completely detached, so they made all of them with these walls.

built in '78 (golden years those were)

 

[JanneL]

Do you not have a sketch "from above" so one can see where the wall is positioned? Is it the upper floor?

 

[pajsen]

Can ignore the red text

 

[pajsen]

http://www.byggahus.se/forum/byggma...4-vaegg-mellan-koek-och-vardagsrum-fraga.html

check that picture but disregard the red text!

 

[Krawk]

The wall is probably stabilizing. That is, it prevents the house from collapsing like a house of cards when the wind blows.

However, on the other hand, it's a somewhat unusual solution to build a wind brace using "kortlingar"...