Kitchen-living room load-bearing?

[Kalmarkille]

Hello

I'm considering removing a wall between the kitchen and living room in my single-story 1960s villa. What I'm unsure about is whether it might be a load-bearing wall.

Anyone knowledgeable who can draw a reasonable conclusion using the blueprint?
(the wall in question is marked with an X)

 

[hempularen]

What is above? Which direction do the trusses go?

 

[Kalmarkille]

What is above? Which direction do the rafters go?

- Above is presumably a small crawl space attic. The rafters are across the picture, meaning horizontally.

 

[injonil]

What does it look like in the hall at the dashed line?

 

[Kalmarkille]

How does it look in the hall at the dashed line?

- It is completely open there.

 

[injonil]

The ridge goes from the top down in the image? Then it would require quite an unusual construction for the wall to be load-bearing, I would say, but I'm not an engineer.

 

[Kalmarkille]

The ridge goes from top to bottom in the picture? That would require quite an unusual construction for the wall to be load-bearing I would say, but I'm not a structural engineer.

- Yes, the gables on the house are - viewed in the picture - vertical, and the rafter direction is horizontal.

 

[Kalmarkille]

Anyone else daring to make an "educated" guess based on the image and the fact that the trusses are lying horizontally on it?

 

[KnockOnWood]

- Yes, the gables of the house are - as seen in the picture - vertical, and the roof truss direction is horizontal.

You're expressing yourself a bit unclearly, if you forgive the criticism.

Aren't the gable walls horizontal in the picture, as well as the roof trusses?

Bring in someone who knows a little about house building and open the attic hatch.
There, in the attic, you can easily see if the roof trusses have a self-supporting truss construction.

Which I also think is likely!

 

[Kalmarkille]

You express yourself a bit unclearly, if you excuse the criticism.

The gable walls are horizontal in the picture, just like the roof trusses?

Bring someone who has some knowledge of house construction and peek through the roof hatch. There, in the attic, you can easily see if the roof trusses have a self-supporting truss construction.

Which I also find likely!

- Yes, we can replace horizontally with horizontally : )