Hello,
I'm in the process of breaking up the basement floor in the boiler room. Where the oil boiler was previously located adjacent to the chimney. It was about 5-10 cm higher concrete floor than the rest of the floor slab. It turned out that it was not only higher but also went deeper than the rest of the slab.
Question 1: Could this part have any stabilizing/load-bearing function for the chimney?
Question 2: Is the wall between the boiler room and the laundry room load-bearing? Built of bricks with reinforcement at the bottom. (The wall with the radiator in the pictures)
I'm in the process of breaking up the basement floor in the boiler room. Where the oil boiler was previously located adjacent to the chimney. It was about 5-10 cm higher concrete floor than the rest of the floor slab. It turned out that it was not only higher but also went deeper than the rest of the slab.
Question 1: Could this part have any stabilizing/load-bearing function for the chimney?
Question 2: Is the wall between the boiler room and the laundry room load-bearing? Built of bricks with reinforcement at the bottom. (The wall with the radiator in the pictures)
