Hello everyone,
New here and thought you experts might be able to help me
Here's the thing, we have just bought a house (which we haven't moved into yet) and are considering opening up from the kitchen to the living room. We haven't received the plans for the house, but hopefully, the seller can find them. I'll update you when/if we get the building plans.
Anyway, the house is from the early 70s and was built by Skanska.
I have the floor plan from when we bought the house if that helps, but I understand it might be hard to say anything without the actual plans.
Attached are two images, the first is how the house looks today and the second is how we think it could be if possible.
The question is whether you think the wall we're considering opening up between the kitchen and living room is load-bearing or not?
If it is, we'll solve it with a supportive beam, the opening we are thinking should be around 4-5 m.
If it's not possible, it's not the end of the world, but it would be fun
The red text is where we plan to demolish, and the green text is where we want to build the wall.
Thanks in advance!
New here and thought you experts might be able to help me
Here's the thing, we have just bought a house (which we haven't moved into yet) and are considering opening up from the kitchen to the living room. We haven't received the plans for the house, but hopefully, the seller can find them. I'll update you when/if we get the building plans.
Anyway, the house is from the early 70s and was built by Skanska.
I have the floor plan from when we bought the house if that helps, but I understand it might be hard to say anything without the actual plans.
Attached are two images, the first is how the house looks today and the second is how we think it could be if possible.
The question is whether you think the wall we're considering opening up between the kitchen and living room is load-bearing or not?
If it is, we'll solve it with a supportive beam, the opening we are thinking should be around 4-5 m.
If it's not possible, it's not the end of the world, but it would be fun
The red text is where we plan to demolish, and the green text is where we want to build the wall.
Thanks in advance!
Difficult to say without drawings, but in that direction, it probably isn't load-bearing.
However, one should know that walls also have other properties, something that is often forgotten, like stiffening characteristics, for example, but I don't think that's the case here either.
There might also be installations and so on that need to find another path, of course.
Or it's only load-bearing for the floor above.
But get the drawings up, preferably K.... and you'll know.
However, one should know that walls also have other properties, something that is often forgotten, like stiffening characteristics, for example, but I don't think that's the case here either.
There might also be installations and so on that need to find another path, of course.
Or it's only load-bearing for the floor above.
But get the drawings up, preferably K.... and you'll know.
There are likely beams in the ceiling or in the floor structure that run from top to bottom in the drawing. The red-marked wall might be a support for one or both of these. One must check how these beams run before proceeding. With some luck, the beams might be visible in the ceiling. These drawings are typical real estate agent drawings and therefore not reliable for this type of assessment.