Hello,
We have a glulam beam with a small wall (60 cm) underneath. The wall consists of a post 10*10 cm, of course load-bearing, and two studs (see picture).
Is the stud on the opposite end of the wall also load-bearing? Can it be removed?
It is quite impossible to say whether the dimensioning of the beam and its pillars depends on that rule or not. Interventions in load-bearing structures require the municipality's approval of a building notification and if the municipality has received a building notification, it should indicate how the dimensioning has been done.
The intention is NOT to alter the load-bearing structure, but to leave the post in place. The beam at the other end, could it be part of the load-bearing structure given how it appears in the images, or is it just part of the small wall? Which could then be removed?
I meant that you can check the construction report from when the wall was opened to find out if the stud is part of the load-bearing structure or not.
I don't think you can be sure if the stud is load-bearing or not just based on some photos of how it looks. The highest load on the wall occurs when there is the most wet snow on the roof.
Would bet that the nailed rule against the supporting post is not load-bearing anyway.
Looks like there is a 5-10mm gap up to the beam.
If I were to guess, the freestanding one is not load-bearing ... but that's just a guess, and in this case, you want to know for sure.
So regarding that, I agree with checking the drawings & documents available at the municipality.
I meant that you can check the construction notification from when the wall was opened up to find out if the stud is part of the supporting structure or not.
I don't think you can be sure if the stud is load-bearing or not just based on some photos of how it looks. The highest load on the wall occurs when there is the most wet snow on the roof.
We have opened the wall now. So there is no construction notification.
We have opened the wall now. So there is no building notification
Do you mean that the glulam beam is from when the house was built?
How old is the house?
Opening up the kitchen is quite a new phenomenon and it's only when making large openings instead of narrower door openings that you need large glulam beams.
No drawings left at the municipality?
Can you take another picture of the attachment of the freestanding stud to the glulam beam with a view from/on the "inside"?
Otherwise, one could try to remove the skew nails for the attachment to the glulam beam and hope that the standing stud can be easily moved sideways up at the ceiling.
If it can, the likelihood of it being load-bearing is significantly less.
But of course, there's no snow right now adding weight, and the question is what happens then.
Hello,
We have a glulam beam with a small wall (60 cm) underneath. The wall consists of a post 10*10 cm, naturally load-bearing, and two studs (see picture).
Is the stud on the opposite end of the wall also load-bearing? Can it be removed?
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If you remove the single stud, the beam is unlikely to collapse, but you should keep an eye on the beam in case it starts to give way.
I can say with great certainty and from experience that it will hold with just the large post remaining, but remove the post and keep an eye on the beam for a couple of weeks.
BirgitS said:
