Load-bearing wall

[Snowcinderella]

Can anyone say with certainty or even guess what is a load-bearing wall? I have the original plan before the upper floor and after. Unfortunately, this is all I have.

 

[16386]

You have missed including an important drawing. In the top image, you can see in the lower right corner a drawing you need to include.

 

[16386]

When was the upstairs furnished?

 

[Dublin]

Which interior wall(s) do you want to remove?

 

[Snowcinderella]

You have missed including an important drawing. In the top image, you can see in the lower right corner a drawing you need to include.

Don't know which one, but only this is available.

 

[Snowcinderella]

Which interior wall(s) do you want to remove?

We are not removing anything. Previous owners removed and the realtor seems to have provided incorrect information as she said the living room was L-shaped. So I suspect afterward, when we happened to find these drawings that were not available at purchase, that load-bearing walls might have been removed. The red ones are removed and the blue one has a "window."

 

[Snowcinderella]

When was the upstairs furnished?

Unfortunately, I do not know that.

 

[BirgitS]

In the sectional drawing, it looks like the wall under the roof ridge is load-bearing. Then you can replace a portion of the load-bearing wall with a beam.

 

[Dublin]

In the sectional drawing, it looks like the wall under the roof ridge is load-bearing. Then one could replace a portion of the load-bearing wall with a beam.

Exactly. If you remove part of a load-bearing wall, you reinforce the remaining part of the construction, and in most cases, you can do it inside the construction so that it isn't visible when you're finished. In worse cases, you might have to leave a visible post or similar, but that is usually avoided. Is there anything that indicates it hasn't been done correctly in your house?

 

[Snowcinderella]

Exactly. When you remove part of a load-bearing wall, you reinforce the part of the structure that remains, and in most cases, it can be done within the construction so that it doesn't show when you're finished. In worse cases, you may have to leave a visible post or something similar, but this is usually avoided.
Is there anything indicating that it wasn't done correctly in your house?

Yes, we have settlements. It needs to be addressed regardless of the cause.

 

[justusandersson]

The red-marked wall between the bedroom and living room is likely load-bearing. If it has been removed without being replaced by a beam, it is not good. To calculate the appropriate beam dimensions, you need to know the house's width, the use of the attic, and the snow zone in which the building is located.

 

[Snowcinderella]

The red-marked wall between the bedroom and living room is likely load-bearing. If it has been removed without being replaced with a beam, that's not good. To calculate the appropriate beam dimension, you need to know the width of the house, the usage of the attic, and the snow zone the building is in.