I'm planning to take down a couple of walls to create a larger room. It's the walls extending from the outer wall on each side of the staircase, which comes up from the floor below, see the drawing. There's no roof truss directly above the walls; the trusses are the so-called fackverkstakstol. As you can see in the photo, the walls are made with standing tongue and groove lumber on each side.
What do you think, is it just a matter of starting the saw and removing the walls?
If the next floor is the attic and it is built with truss rafters, there are no problems. Where does the staircase come from and where do you enter the house?
A rule of thumb I have heard is that load-bearing walls usually run along the length of the house, while non-load-bearing walls go across. Can anyone confirm or deny?
A rule of thumb I have heard is that load-bearing walls usually run along the house, while non-load-bearing ones run across. Can anyone confirm or deny?
That's usually the case, but not always. In this instance, if there are truss rafters above, there's nothing to bear.
If the next floor is the attic and it is built with trusses, there is no problem. Where does the staircase come from and where do you enter the house?
The door is under the balcony, photo 1, and then the staircase is right when you enter. The staircase then comes up in the middle by the exterior wall, and it's the two walls on each side of the staircase that should be removed.
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