Can a house consist of only exterior walls that are load-bearing?

[imported_Tessan]

I find the drawing of my house to be confusing, to say the least. It's a single-story house of 110 sqm from 1968 with a "flat" roof. According to my drawing, only the outer walls are load-bearing as they are thicker. Nowhere on the drawing are there thicker lines or vertical lines that sometimes characterize load-bearing walls.

The house is a Skanska-house with a so-called heart of concrete running through the kitchen and bathrooms. The rest of the house is constructed with wooden studs and drywall.

I wonder if some kind soul can help me with this dilemma? The building committee can't help me!

 

[prototypen]

Many modern houses have cantilevered roof trusses, meaning no load-bearing walls are needed inside the house. Flat or gable roofs can be made with only the outer walls being load-bearing.

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[Mats]

Am I interpreting it correctly if I think you have concrete walls centrally in the house?
Then I would think they might be load-bearing.

 

[imported_Tessan]

Am I interpreting it correctly if I think you have concrete walls centrally in the house?
Then I would think they could be load-bearing

Yes, I have concrete walls quite centrally in the house. They are also not marked as load-bearing on the drawing.

 

[myrstack]

If you have a wall in the middle running parallel to the long sides, it sounds like a load-bearing wall. The fact that it isn't thick or marked as load-bearing on the plans doesn't necessarily mean much. If it's old-fashioned concrete, it doesn't need to be very thick to handle the load in a small house. If you go up to the attic and try to find opportunities to photograph or describe how the roof truss structure looks, I believe the forum can help you further based on that information. Often, you can determine from their appearance whether they only distribute forces to the outer walls or also a load-bearing wall in the middle.

 

[imported_Tessan]

If you have a wall in the middle that is parallel to the long sides, it sounds like a hjärtvägg. The fact that it is not thick or marked as load-bearing on the drawings doesn't necessarily mean much. If it's old-fashioned concrete, it doesn't need to be that thick to handle the load in a small house. If you go up to the attic and try to find opportunities to photograph or describe how the roof truss construction looks, I think the forum can help you a bit based on that information. Often, you can figure out from the appearance of these if they only distribute the forces to the outer wall or also to a load-bearing hjärtvägg

The problem is that I have no attic, completely flat roof, and no way to check the roof trusses.

 

[Mikael_L]

But you're giving us zero information, how are we supposed to help you then?

For example, saying the house is 110 sqm doesn't mean much, is it 4x27 meters or 10.5x10.5 meters, that's a significant difference.

For example, throw in a picture of the blueprint and what the house looks like (a picture from the outside) so there's something to start with.

 

[imported_Tessan]

But you're giving us zero information, how are we supposed to help you then?

The fact that the house is 110 sqm doesn't say much, for example, is it 4x27 meters or 10.5x10.5 meters, that's a considerable difference.

Throw in a picture of the drawing and what the house looks like (a picture from outside) so there's something to start with.

I will take some pictures from outside and also write down the measurements of the house. I'll sort it out this weekend =)

 

[PCLarsson]

But you're giving us zero information, how are we supposed to help you then?

Reminds me of a question from Cyklar with Galenskaparna; A boat runs into a dock at a speed of five knots, how long does it take to repair the dock?

Have a nice weekend

/PC