Hello!
Yet another question about load-bearing walls...
This concerns two walls, circled in red in the first picture, in a condominium from the 1950s. The walls are 80 mm thick lightweight concrete and are so soft that I can "drill" a screwdriver through them if I apply a little force. The apartment-separating walls are "regular" concrete, very hard. The association says that they are probably not load-bearing, but as usual, it is up to me to find out the situation. It's completely fine for them to tear down as long as they are not load-bearing. The only drawings the City Planning Office has are the two below.
In the "Plan of floor structure" drawing, there are no interior walls included. My overall impression is that only the apartment-separating walls are load-bearing, and thus it should be fine to tear down the interior walls as I see fit. How do the more knowledgeable people here view the matter? Free to tear down?
For your information, I am planning to build some new walls after these are torn down, so I will be changing the layout, not opening everything up into one big room.
Found a drawing of the base plates as well.
I have now received a response from an experienced engineer and the walls are definitely not load-bearing. The corresponding supports would also be included in the beam and base plate drawings.
So for those of you who might find yourselves in the same situation in the future, maybe this answer can help.
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