Columns in Apartment Building

[Er.Am]

I am interested in expanding my kitchen. We hear in the wall next to the kitchen that there is something like a column, and I retrieved drawings from SBK. It seems to be some form of concrete column that goes through all the floors. Is the purpose of these to be load-bearing? I assume I should interpret it as we cannot demolish this.

Wanted to check here first if anyone knows for sure before I pay 5k to find out I can't demolish anything.

 

[BirgitS]

It seems reasonable that it is load-bearing.

 

[FlugfiskarniJämtland]

I am interested in expanding my kitchen. We hear in the wall next to the kitchen that there is something like a pillar, and so I retrieved drawings from SBK. It seems to be some form of concrete pillar that goes through all floors. Is the purpose of these to be load-bearing? I assume I should interpret it as we cannot demolish this.

I wanted to check here first if anyone knows for sure before I pay 5k to find out that I can't demolish anything.
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Very odd solution, but it is most likely load-bearing.

 

[witten]

There are very large spans on that concrete slab so it is there to help. It takes a very large load if there are multiple floors.

 

[Er.Am]

Very odd solution, but it is most likely load-bearing.

Very odd solution, but it is most likely load-bearing.

Really boring, feel free to check out my new thread about how we are going to solve our kitchen situation.

 

[Er.Am]

There are very large spans on that concrete slab, so it is there to help. It takes a very large load if there are multiple floors.

it seems so, thanks for the answer.