A bit of a strange question perhaps.
I bought an apartment just over a year ago where quite a few walls have been torn down. Recently, when I talked to the neighbor above, he jokingly said that he got a small crack in the wall during the renovation period, although he has no idea exactly when. How long could it take for the ceiling to collapse if a load-bearing wall has been removed? From my side, it looks good... no cracks.
All internal walls are brick, the narrow walls are 10cm including 1-2 cm plaster and the thick ones are 27 cm including plaster.
The blue parts in the drawing are the ones that have been torn down. I have no idea how thick the green wall is.
In my view, it doesn't look like load-bearing, but one gets a bit paranoid.
I bought an apartment just over a year ago where quite a few walls have been torn down. Recently, when I talked to the neighbor above, he jokingly said that he got a small crack in the wall during the renovation period, although he has no idea exactly when. How long could it take for the ceiling to collapse if a load-bearing wall has been removed? From my side, it looks good... no cracks.
All internal walls are brick, the narrow walls are 10cm including 1-2 cm plaster and the thick ones are 27 cm including plaster.
The blue parts in the drawing are the ones that have been torn down. I have no idea how thick the green wall is.
In my view, it doesn't look like load-bearing, but one gets a bit paranoid.
don't think it's been load-bearing. but 'house isn't actually a dead thing. surely, the above wall could have moved
Thanks for the response, I've now contacted the neighbor and apparently there is quite a long crack on the right wall in the kitchen, meaning the outer wall... Although he didn't believe it was load-bearing either, he thought it was a settlement of the house...
But who should one hire if you want to double-check if it has been load-bearing or not? Or is it enough to find the original floor plans somewhere? Is it the City Planning Office that holds such information for housing associations?
But who should one hire if you want to double-check if it has been load-bearing or not? Or is it enough to find the original floor plans somewhere? Is it the City Planning Office that holds such information for housing associations?
The original drawings are with SBK.