Hello. (Hope this is the right part of the forum, if not, please move to the correct one)
I am working on renovating the basement after a complete blockage in the drain, and a lot of wastewater with material ran over the walls and floors. It didn't exactly smell like strawberry cake.
I have now torn down all the walls/floors and want to remove a "pillar" that is a remnant of a wall, and I am a bit worried that it might be load-bearing. According to the blueprint, only the main wall running across the entire house from the basement to the attic should be load-bearing. According to my neighbor, theoretically, there should be no problem tearing down the "pillar" since the basement ceiling is supposed to be load-bearing. He explained it such that the ceiling is built in the following way: first, there are two boards, then there is a board standing upright on its edge, then two horizontal, one vertical, and so on... But since that "pillar" is built with lecablock and above it, there is a beam that I perceive as a sill, I am a bit doubtful. In the room that I am renovating, there was originally a storage room and a pantry. The wall between the two has been removed. Does anyone have a similar house?
The house is a Mockfjärds Elementhus from '65. Here are some fancy images in paint from the original blueprint to how it looks today.
I am working on renovating the basement after a complete blockage in the drain, and a lot of wastewater with material ran over the walls and floors. It didn't exactly smell like strawberry cake.
I have now torn down all the walls/floors and want to remove a "pillar" that is a remnant of a wall, and I am a bit worried that it might be load-bearing. According to the blueprint, only the main wall running across the entire house from the basement to the attic should be load-bearing. According to my neighbor, theoretically, there should be no problem tearing down the "pillar" since the basement ceiling is supposed to be load-bearing. He explained it such that the ceiling is built in the following way: first, there are two boards, then there is a board standing upright on its edge, then two horizontal, one vertical, and so on... But since that "pillar" is built with lecablock and above it, there is a beam that I perceive as a sill, I am a bit doubtful. In the room that I am renovating, there was originally a storage room and a pantry. The wall between the two has been removed. Does anyone have a similar house?
The house is a Mockfjärds Elementhus from '65. Here are some fancy images in paint from the original blueprint to how it looks today.
