Is the wall load-bearing? (1930s)

[Stoffe-q]

Hello!

I am planning to tear down this wall between the kitchen and living room in my 1.5-story house with a basement built in 1938. It is a plank wall from the chimney to the facade in a transverse direction, that is, 90 degrees from the main wall (along with the rafters).

Could it be load-bearing?

 

[BirgitS]

It depends on whether the beams in the floor structure rest on the wall, that is, run across it. However, it looks like some sort of beam exchange above the opened area (the white part), which often means that the wall is load-bearing.

 

[Stoffe-q]

It depends on whether the beams in the floor structure rest on the wall, meaning they go across it. But it looks like some kind of support above the opened area (the white), which often means that the wall is load-bearing.

Thanks for the response! The white area is an old door, so I don't think the cross beams are a support structure. The next step might be to remove a plank to see what lies on top.

 

[JonasSun]

It certainly looks very much like a load-bearing wall, but tear it down and see what happens! 😀

 

[16386]

If the structure is made of planks, all walls are often load-bearing. Have you checked with the City Planning Office if they have drawings of the house?

 

[Screew]

How high does the plank wall go? When I zoom in on the picture, it doesn't seem to go all the way up... Is it an optical illusion?

In such old houses, walls can be stabilizing even if they are not load-bearing.

 

[BirgitS]

Thanks for the response! The white area is an old door, so I don't think the cross planks are any kind of beam support. The next step might be to remove a plank to see what's on top.

What I think looks like a beam support is the bottommost beam (joist) above the door opening because it goes into the standing studs on the side. In that way, the weight from above can be transferred to the standing studs (posts in the beam support)

 

[VidarH]

I think it looks like a sliding door considering the fitting? I have a sliding door to my kitchen, and the wall I have is still load-bearing as it continues upstairs to the ceiling. There are probably two "pillars" in my wall considering that the other similar wall has two posts that are connected with a crossbeam that stabilizes the ceiling which is open to the ridge with a worryingly large amount of air...

 

[Stoffe-q]

How high does the plank wall go? When I zoom in on the picture, it doesn't look like it goes all the way up... Is it an optical illusion?

In such old houses, walls can be stabilizing even if they are not load-bearing.

It's hard to see if they stop there or are just rabbeted at the top. Possibly there's a post as number 2 to the left of the door.