load-bearing wall, functionalism?

[Tobiasam]

Hello! I am considering tearing down an interior wall in a 1942 functionalist house. The wall planned for demolition is the one between the kitchen and the room to the right of the chimney to create a more open floor plan. The question now is whether this is a load-bearing wall, see drawing. Does anyone know? What should I consider?

Best regards,
Tobias

 

[basseman]

Is it between the kitchen and the room on the ground floor? If possible, please mark on the picture which wall is meant.
Yes, the wall on the ground floor is likely load-bearing, and you would need to bring in a structural engineer to look at how you can reinforce the wall if an opening is to be made,
It looks like a nice house.

 

[Tobiasam]

Is it between the kitchen and the room on the ground floor? If possible, please mark in the image which wall is meant.
Yes, the wall on the ground floor is probably load-bearing, and you would need to consult a structural engineer to see how you can reinforce the wall if an opening is to be made.
It looks like a nice house.

Thanks for the response! Yes, it's on the ground floor between the kitchen and the room, unfortunately, I can't highlight it now but will try to clarify. So possibly a structural engineer and a building permit?

 

[basseman]

Unfortunately, I'm not sure whether it should be a building permit or a building notification. Check with the municipality.

 

[justusandersson]

It is a load-bearing so-called heart wall. If you want to remove it, you must replace it with a beam and column (at least closest to the chimney). Measures involving the load-bearing structure require a building notification.

 

[Tobiasam]

In the description of the house that I got from urban planning, it says that the interior walls consist of 2” equal down to 50mm plank, and then clad with treetex.
The interior wall is 74mm thick, isn't that a bit small to be load-bearing or a so-called Hjärtvägg?

Thanks for all the support on the matter

 

[justusandersson]

The inner wall is 74mm thick, isn't that a bit thin to be load-bearing or a so-called heart wall?

Absolutely not. That was standard at the time. The plank wall consists of three-inch thick (75 mm) and likely six-inch (150 mm) wide tongue and groove planks that are toe-nailed together with 6-inch nails.

 

[Tobiasam]

Okay, sounds like I need to bring in a contractor... damn, I thought it would be simple but it rarely is.

 

[Tobiasam]

The positive side in the picture is that it becomes easy to hang up pictures and shelves

 

[justusandersson]

With the short span in question, it is a glulam beam approximately 90x225 mm in size. The major task is to pull out all the nails in the plank wall.

 

[Thomas_Blekinge]

Absolutely not. It was standard at that time. The plank wall consists of three-inch thick (75 mm) and likely 6-inch (150 mm) wide tongue-and-groove planks that are nailed together with 6-inch nails.

Tearing down such a wall requires some effort. I was about to create a doorway in such a wall, roughly the same vintage. It felt like they had a nail-competition in my house at the time of construction.

Think several times. Open floor plans are overrated. Noise and cooking smells spread unimpeded.