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Load-bearing wall? Floor plan and joists
Hello!
I hope some kind soul here can help me interpret the drawings for my apartment. I have a studio with a kitchen that I plan to convert into a mini two-room by putting up a wall that divides the kitchen into a smaller kitchen area that is somewhat more open towards the living room, and also make an opening in the wall that separates the kitchen and the living room to install a sliding door.
However, I'm unsure if the wall separating the living room is load-bearing or not. The wall is 10 cm thick and seems to be made of some form of cement, I think it looks quite porous.
Attaching 3 pictures, a floor slab drawing (with clarifying text for the wall since the picture is a bit blurry), a floor plan, and a very rough image of how I plan to remodel.
http://dietmeasure.com/tmp_img/bjalklag.jpg
http://dietmeasure.com/tmp_img/planlosning.jpg
http://dietmeasure.com/tmp_img/planerad_planl%C3%B6sning.jpg
If someone more experienced here could help me interpret the drawings, I would be immensely grateful!
Best regards
I hope some kind soul here can help me interpret the drawings for my apartment. I have a studio with a kitchen that I plan to convert into a mini two-room by putting up a wall that divides the kitchen into a smaller kitchen area that is somewhat more open towards the living room, and also make an opening in the wall that separates the kitchen and the living room to install a sliding door.
However, I'm unsure if the wall separating the living room is load-bearing or not. The wall is 10 cm thick and seems to be made of some form of cement, I think it looks quite porous.
Attaching 3 pictures, a floor slab drawing (with clarifying text for the wall since the picture is a bit blurry), a floor plan, and a very rough image of how I plan to remodel.
http://dietmeasure.com/tmp_img/bjalklag.jpg
http://dietmeasure.com/tmp_img/planlosning.jpg
http://dietmeasure.com/tmp_img/planerad_planl%C3%B6sning.jpg
If someone more experienced here could help me interpret the drawings, I would be immensely grateful!
Best regards
I assume it's some kind of taller building, maybe 5-6 floors? You have load-bearing outer walls, walls towards the stairwell, and the thicker parts in the middle,
So there should be no risk of them being load-bearing. Especially not if they are porous...
So there should be no risk of them being load-bearing. Especially not if they are porous...
Thanks for the answer!
Yep, I forgot to add that information. It's a 6-floor building, built sometime in the 40s I would guess. I live on the ground floor. What worried me was that I interpreted the drawings as showing a beam (the one marked DIB 20) going right over the wall, and that perhaps it wouldn't be a good idea to make an opening there without reinforcement.
Yep, I forgot to add that information. It's a 6-floor building, built sometime in the 40s I would guess. I live on the ground floor. What worried me was that I interpreted the drawings as showing a beam (the one marked DIB 20) going right over the wall, and that perhaps it wouldn't be a good idea to make an opening there without reinforcement.
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