Is the wall load-bearing? How built 1929.

[tompalito]

Hello! Renovating a house built in 1929.

I suspect that this wall is load-bearing. A friend claims it is not. What do you guys in the know say?

Attaching the drawings I have of the house.

/Tompalito

 

[SågspånPappspikEternit]

It is very likely that the wall is load-bearing, and I base this on the fact that it is continuous across all 3 floors.

 

[16386]

It might also be the case that the walls are made of plank, and therefore the other walls should also be considered as somewhat load-bearing. I am uncertain when Stockholm city's small house agency switched to framework walls.

 

[BirgitS]

Same result here, but then stating that it was hardly 7 m long beams so someone

I'm unsure when the Stockholm city's small house agency switched to stud walls.

Hardly in the 20s anyway, it's more a technique that came after the Second World War?

 

[16386]

What I've read is that they were early with prefab houses built in Stockholm. They used ready-made elements instead of building the walls on site as early as 1927. But wall elements might still have been plank walls?

 

[Edlunn]

I have owned an identical house built in 1927 and the wall is load-bearing. The wall elements are NOT plank walls.

 

[sturnus]

It is very likely that the wall is load-bearing, and I base that on the fact that it is continuous on all 3 floors.

I would say it's very likely not load-bearing. To stabilize the longitudinal and knee walls, the floor beams should run between them—that is, on the shorter side. In such cases, the exterior walls are load-bearing. This wall, and those above and below it, serve a stabilizing function, so any changes require professional advice. The fact that the walls are exactly on top of each other is a characteristic of old-school builders who created "clean" structures. Eg. It was once unthinkable to connect truss rods between nodes. Today, with tension rods in the lower chord, this is common. The result? After the memorable storm Alfrida, the cathedral in Uppsala stands, but many new buildings were destroyed.

 

[SågspånPappspikEternit]

@sturnus, you're probably right. There's a difference between load-bearing and stabilizing walls.

 

[tompalito]

From what I've read, they were early with this for the owner-occupied houses built in Stockholm. They used ready-made elements instead of building the walls on-site as early as 1927. But maybe the wall elements were still plank walls?

Hi! Renovating a house built in 1929.

I suspect this wall is load-bearing. A friend claims it isn't. What do those of you who are knowledgeable say?

Attached are the drawings I have of the house.

/Tompalito

@sturnus, you're probably right. There's a difference between load-bearing and stabilizing walls.

This is what the wall looks like, standing plank on 50 mm studs. Is this what is called a plank wall?