Hello! I assume questions about load-bearing walls are recurring here on the forum and not always easy to give straight answers to. But I'll try!
There is a wall that needs to be torn down in an almost square functionalist house (8*9 m) built in 1933.
Attached is a measurement from 1967 and a picture of the wall.
The wall we want to remove is marked in red. The wall marked in green has already been opened but it has been reinforced with a beam in the ceiling, which in turn rests on a standing beam next to the chimney stack.
This leads me to believe that it is the green-marked wall that is load-bearing.
All floors on the upper level are aligned with the red-marked wall, which should then be nailed into ceiling joists that run parallel to the red-marked wall. Can one then conclude that these ceiling joists rest on the cross wall?
What makes me doubt is that the wall is constructed of very thick materials, well too thick to not be load-bearing, or?!
Thank you for the response!! However, the green-marked wall is supported from the basement and also continues on the upper floor. Can we continue with the demolition and reinforce with possible glulam afterwards? Boards in the ceiling are visible in the former door frame's cavity. Do these need to be removed to ensure the question of beams with the wall as support? Attaching picture. Thanks again!!
