Hello,
I have a question about whether the wall between the kitchen and the living room is load-bearing. It's 15cm thick and has a slightly hollow sound but still hard.
Pictures are attached.
Some info about the apartment.
All walls run vertically with the outer wall.
The ground floor has 3 rooms divided by 2 partition walls, all 15cm thick, the same on the upper floor.
It's also the same in all apartments above. All walls are concrete (not brick) and have a slightly varying sound when you knock on them. The hardest is the outer wall and the column against the stairs. The column by the stairs has a really hard sound and is 20cm thick.
Do you think all the walls are load-bearing in this house from 1964 due to the thickness? And why is the column thicker by the stairs and harder?
Many thanks in advance
Have you been in contact with the board? They should have construction drawings for the house. It's possible that only the pillar is load-bearing, but you can't be sure just by measuring the thickness and listening to the sound.
I asked them on one occasion, but they said that construction drawings disappeared many years ago, which show the more technical details about the walls. They have flatly said no to everyone who wants to take down walls without directly saying why. Is it possible to get hold of drawings from the city planning committee even if it is in Stockholms län and not Stockholms stad?
There may be drawings at the municipality's building affairs department. You can also bring in a person who specializes in building construction to come and examine.
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