Hello
In my old wooden house, I'm about to (soon :-/) tear down a wall. I've now cut small inspection holes in the drywall to check the contents.
NOTE! It's an interior wall!
It turns out there was a plastered brick wall behind it, so first drywall, insulation, plaster, brick, vertical paneling, 30cm space for old plumbing, and finally drywall again.
The chimney stack is in the wall, but why is the wall bricked?
Seen from the front, apart from drywall, etc.
approximately 13000mm wide brick wall, -chimney stack, -doorpost, -wooden wall approximately 1000mm wide
The wall is about 4 meters wide, but why is there brick on the left side of the chimney stack and wood on the right side?
My uninformed theories: To retain heat from the wood stove/stack or perhaps to stabilize the chimney stack? Do you have any good theories, thank you!???
The reason I want to tear it down is to enlarge the kitchen and move the wall in about 2 meters but keep only the chimney stack and stoves in the center of the floor, like a kitchen island
In my old wooden house, I'm about to (soon :-/) tear down a wall. I've now cut small inspection holes in the drywall to check the contents.
NOTE! It's an interior wall!
It turns out there was a plastered brick wall behind it, so first drywall, insulation, plaster, brick, vertical paneling, 30cm space for old plumbing, and finally drywall again.
The chimney stack is in the wall, but why is the wall bricked?
Seen from the front, apart from drywall, etc.
approximately 13000mm wide brick wall, -chimney stack, -doorpost, -wooden wall approximately 1000mm wide
The wall is about 4 meters wide, but why is there brick on the left side of the chimney stack and wood on the right side?
My uninformed theories: To retain heat from the wood stove/stack or perhaps to stabilize the chimney stack? Do you have any good theories, thank you!???
The reason I want to tear it down is to enlarge the kitchen and move the wall in about 2 meters but keep only the chimney stack and stoves in the center of the floor, like a kitchen island
it's probably not a load-bearing wall, went up to the attic and checked and this thing with support beams is hard to say, I have a hard time seeing why this wall was made to be a load-bearing wall
the house is, originally: length about 20 meters, width 4 meters.
in the house today there are 2 walls on the width that we're talking about, with chimney and everything
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ps I get it if you don't get it, I barely get it myself! Ds
the house is, originally: length about 20 meters, width 4 meters.
in the house today there are 2 walls on the width that we're talking about, with chimney and everything
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ps I get it if you don't get it, I barely get it myself! Ds
Fire protection = bricks don't burn, but wood does. Wood burns already at 90 C if it has been exposed to that temperature for a long time (the wood is converted through pyrolysis to charcoal, which burns at 90 degrees).
Load-bearing wall = supporting partition wall. If this is the case, it must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Lintel = support of a cut beam. Not uncommon near chimneys.
Plus all the oddities in old houses. For instance, I encountered a wall that shouldn't have been load-bearing but was because the cut floor beam rested on it (lucky that the floor had been torn up).
If you have access to the attic, check what they've done in the floor structure.
Load-bearing wall = supporting partition wall. If this is the case, it must be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Lintel = support of a cut beam. Not uncommon near chimneys.
Plus all the oddities in old houses. For instance, I encountered a wall that shouldn't have been load-bearing but was because the cut floor beam rested on it (lucky that the floor had been torn up).
If you have access to the attic, check what they've done in the floor structure.
A heart wall is a load-bearing wall inside a house, usually centrally located (approximately) and perpendicular to the floor joists above. A house as long and narrow as yours likely has floor joists running crosswise (from long side to long side), so there are probably no heart walls judging by your sketch.
A header is something (e.g., a beam or joist) that distributes load laterally to other supporting elements from something load-bearing (like a beam or truss) that needs to be cut to, for example, make room for a dormer or a staircase. That's what you need to look for. For example, if there's an opening in the floor joist that looks wide enough, there might be a header.
Very long and narrow house with two chimneys, perhaps an old parstuga?
(Darn, Poiu managed to reply while I was writing, sorry for the repetitions)
A header is something (e.g., a beam or joist) that distributes load laterally to other supporting elements from something load-bearing (like a beam or truss) that needs to be cut to, for example, make room for a dormer or a staircase. That's what you need to look for. For example, if there's an opening in the floor joist that looks wide enough, there might be a header.
Very long and narrow house with two chimneys, perhaps an old parstuga?
(Darn, Poiu managed to reply while I was writing, sorry for the repetitions)
That's right, Farzan, it's an old pair cottage
and yes, there is a cut beam on top of the bricks but there is also a whole one right next to it.
the whole one goes right next to the chimney and the cut one goes into/ends against the chimney,
that must be solvable, right?
and yes, there is a cut beam on top of the bricks but there is also a whole one right next to it.
the whole one goes right next to the chimney and the cut one goes into/ends against the chimney,
that must be solvable, right?
Everything can be solved, almost.
It is difficult to give reliable advice like this without having seen it. An additional complication is that they have used the chimney as a support, which is not allowed today if it is used for heating. However, old solutions can remain under certain conditions.
I think it's time to consult a structural engineer. Take some photos to show.
Formally, a building permit is probably required since the wall is load-bearing.
It is difficult to give reliable advice like this without having seen it. An additional complication is that they have used the chimney as a support, which is not allowed today if it is used for heating. However, old solutions can remain under certain conditions.
I think it's time to consult a structural engineer. Take some photos to show.
Formally, a building permit is probably required since the wall is load-bearing.