Hello!
Do things that professionals typically don't like and ask the internet about my wall, or what do you think? I live in a house built in the 1930s. The architects were D Helldén and A W Pettersson (if that rings a bell for anyone). Link to read more about the survey conducted in the 80s: https://backvagen1och2.bostadsratterna.se/system/files/Solnabebyggelse_30-40-50-tal.pdf
I've read a lot about different construction techniques and how houses were built in the early 1900s, here's a great link to different architectural styles: http://www.byggnadsmaterial.lth.se/fileadmin/byggnadsmaterial/BFR-publ/BFR_1974-R32.pdf
Based on the second link, I've calculated that my apartment building was constructed as described on p. 165 and onwards in link no 2. That is, I-beams extending from the building’s façade into the apartments with wooden beams on top and then wooden flooring on this. With that said, I have a partition wall built with slag stone that previously separated the kitchen and living room. The previous owner has already removed about 2/3 of the wall to let in more light (since the apartment is on the first floor). I now want to move the remaining wall but am wondering if the wall is load-bearing.
I've talked to the chairman living above me, and they haven't removed the wall, but floors 3 and 4 have removed this wall. I've been approved to remove the wall as long as it's not load-bearing... During "inspection" of the wall, as well as during previous drilling to hang things on the wall, it "crumbles."
I previously replaced the trim on one side and encountered a wall that readily came loose with the trim, leaving large holes (repaired with coarse filler).
When I compare the walls I assume to be load-bearing, they are made of solid concrete, at least 50cm thick, and sound solid when tapped. This wall almost crumbles when you touch it.
Long question short - do you think I can remove the remaining third?
Do things that professionals typically don't like and ask the internet about my wall, or what do you think? I live in a house built in the 1930s. The architects were D Helldén and A W Pettersson (if that rings a bell for anyone). Link to read more about the survey conducted in the 80s: https://backvagen1och2.bostadsratterna.se/system/files/Solnabebyggelse_30-40-50-tal.pdf
I've read a lot about different construction techniques and how houses were built in the early 1900s, here's a great link to different architectural styles: http://www.byggnadsmaterial.lth.se/fileadmin/byggnadsmaterial/BFR-publ/BFR_1974-R32.pdf
Based on the second link, I've calculated that my apartment building was constructed as described on p. 165 and onwards in link no 2. That is, I-beams extending from the building’s façade into the apartments with wooden beams on top and then wooden flooring on this. With that said, I have a partition wall built with slag stone that previously separated the kitchen and living room. The previous owner has already removed about 2/3 of the wall to let in more light (since the apartment is on the first floor). I now want to move the remaining wall but am wondering if the wall is load-bearing.
I've talked to the chairman living above me, and they haven't removed the wall, but floors 3 and 4 have removed this wall. I've been approved to remove the wall as long as it's not load-bearing... During "inspection" of the wall, as well as during previous drilling to hang things on the wall, it "crumbles."
I previously replaced the trim on one side and encountered a wall that readily came loose with the trim, leaving large holes (repaired with coarse filler).
When I compare the walls I assume to be load-bearing, they are made of solid concrete, at least 50cm thick, and sound solid when tapped. This wall almost crumbles when you touch it.
Long question short - do you think I can remove the remaining third?
No offense to Bjerking's classic BFR Report, one of the most thorough works written on the subject, but it is not suitable as a basis for discussing your problem. A dimensioned sketch is needed. Daniel Helldén was a distinct functionalist architect. In my mind, he is most known for the university buildings in the Frescati area in Stockholm.
I have finally received all the documents that Solna city has on this house, including the new construction and the renovation. However, I don't see that they have measurements. I am attaching those that I believe can help with a statement regarding this.
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There are admittedly some question marks regarding the construction, but the wall in question is not load-bearing. The load-bearing walls consist of the outer walls, hjätväggarna, and the wall around the staircase. The floor structure is supported by steel beams resting on these masonry walls.