Load-bearing walls

[Perham]

Wondering if anyone can answer what the load-bearing walls are on the ground floor of our house.

The idea is to renovate as in the picture where the walls marked in red need to be removed.
There would then be a new wall between the relocated laundry room (blue) and the expanded kitchen/dining area (green).

 

[Matti_75]

The wall between the kitchen and dining area and the storage and laundry room is load-bearing. It cannot be supported with the new placement of the wall since the floor structure is not designed for the longer span.

 

[Perham]

Above this part, there is no upper floor, just roof trusses.

 

[justusandersson]

It depends on what type of trusses you have over the low part. If they are trusses (e.g., W-type), then essentially no interior walls are load-bearing.

 

[Perham]

It depends on what type of trusses you have over the low part. If they are trusses (e.g., W-type), basically no interior walls are load-bearing.

Ok, thanks! I found the drawings and these trusses are over that part. Are they classified as W-type?

 

[justusandersson]

Yes, it is a W-truss. This means that none of the partition walls in the single-story section are load-bearing.

 

[Perham]

Thank you so much! That's really positive news.