load-bearing wall?

[Sommarstuga 2017]

Hello!

I am going to move a wall between the kitchen and bedroom as the closets have been removed.
I started tearing down the wall but thought the studs were quite large, 6 cm wide. Could the wall be load-bearing?
1950s house with w-trusses

Attached are the drawing and photo of the stud.

 

[klaskarlsson]

Hi!

I'm going to move a wall between the kitchen and bedroom because the wardrobes have been removed.
Started to tear down the wall, but thought the studs were quite large, 6 cm wide. Could the wall be load-bearing?
50s house with W trusses

Attaching drawing and photo of the stud

It was a bit unclear in the picture and drawing which wall it concerns?
But in a house with a reasonable width and W trusses, the outer walls are usually the load-bearing ones. There could be a load-bearing wall in some cases though.

60mm isn't that big for studs, 95x45 is common. Or do you mean it's 95x60mm?

 

[Sommarstuga 2017]

It was a bit unclear in the picture and drawing which wall it concerns?
But in a house with reasonable width and W trusses, it is usually the outer walls that are load-bearing. There can be a hjrätväg in some cases, though.

60mm are not very large studs, 95x45 is the usual. or do you mean it's 95x60mm?

Hi, it's the wall behind the closets in the left bedroom.
I've also read that it's usually outer walls and possibly then a hjärtvägg that are load-bearing.
No, it's 60 wide, that is the largest dimension of the stud.

 

[klaskarlsson]

Hi, it's the wall behind the wardrobes in the left bedroom.
I have also read that it is usually exterior walls and possibly the heart wall that are load-bearing.
No, it's 60 wide, it's the largest dimension of the stud.

It doesn't seem likely that the wall would be load-bearing. Partly because it runs along with the roof trusses and partly because it's only 60mm studs.

 

[Sommarstuga 2017]

Doesn't seem likely that the wall would be load-bearing. Partly it runs parallel with the roof trusses, and partly it only has 60mm studs.

Thanks!

Here I have exposed a bit more of the studs. The top and bottom ones (towards the ceiling and floor) are in a thicker dimension.

 

[tomas123]

Probably not load-bearing but I wouldn't take a chance.
If you can access the roof trusses, I would take dimensions of the truss and the type of truss and call an engineer or similar or Google it. Getting that info is probably almost free and takes no time at all.
Then you can definitely let go of any worries about taking a chance.

I did so when I had a similar project.

all the best
Tomas

 

[Lulaua]

A wall that runs across the roof trusses in a single-story house is most likely not load-bearing, but it may still stabilize the house.

 

[Sommarstuga 2017]

Probably not load-bearing but wouldn't take a risk.
If you can access the trusses, I would take measurements of the truss and its type and call a structural engineer or something similar, or even Google it. Getting that info is probably nearly free and takes no time at all.
Then you can definitely let go of any worry about taking a chance.

I did so when I had a similar project.

all the best
Tomas

Hi! Do you mean I should look at the truss to read about it?

 

[Sommarstuga 2017]

A wall that goes across the rafters on a one-story house is most likely not load-bearing, but it can still provide stabilization for the house.

yes, I understood that during my nightly googling , maybe I need to contact a structural engineer to be on the safe side

 

[tomas123]

Hej! menar du att jag ska se på takstolen för att läsa om den?

I took a picture as well as the measurements of the upper and lower frame and the struts. The total length you seem to have on the drawing as well as the roof angle. Then I think those who can can determine what the load-bearing capacity is. Snow zone they can probably figure out too. They can certainly at least determine whether the wall you are wondering about is load-bearing or not. Tomas

 

[jonaserik]

If the wall is in the same direction as the trusses, it is not load-bearing; it is a heartwall in the middle of the house and can be partially load-bearing together with the exterior walls.

 

[Sommarstuga 2017]

Was up in the attic, I don't have a regular truss roof but it looks like the attached drawing.

Regarding the interior wall, the studs just fell apart after I removed the planks... It felt a bit comical.

 

[BirgitS]

Exactly, they are not truss rafters and you have a load-bearing heart wall.

I'm not an expert when it comes to plank walls, but as I understand it, the planks themselves are an important part of the wall construction.

 

[Anna_H]

Went up to the attic, I have no ordinary truss but it looks like the attached drawing.

Regarding the inner wall, the studs just fell apart after I removed the plank... It felt a bit comical

The drawing you attached here shows that the walls between the kitchen and bedroom are not load-bearing.