yet another thread yep that's how it is!
removed some chipboard from the wall I plan to remove between the kitchen and living room.
I thought this wall was load-bearing but behind the chipboards, there are not standard studs
but 1.5 cm and 7 cm wide studs with 42 and 53 cm spacing,
the wall is only 3.2 meters long, no upper floor, and the roof has a 6-degree slope with felt
the house is 17m long and 8 meters wide.
the wall is along the length so if I remove it, there will be an 8-meter opening between the outer walls.
do you think it could still be load-bearing?
removed some chipboard from the wall I plan to remove between the kitchen and living room.
I thought this wall was load-bearing but behind the chipboards, there are not standard studs
but 1.5 cm and 7 cm wide studs with 42 and 53 cm spacing,
the wall is only 3.2 meters long, no upper floor, and the roof has a 6-degree slope with felt
the house is 17m long and 8 meters wide.
the wall is along the length so if I remove it, there will be an 8-meter opening between the outer walls.
do you think it could still be load-bearing?
If the house is built according to all the rules of the art, then it is not load-bearing. But it may still sag a little when you tear it down.
Yes, it is the most load-bearing wall in the entire house. We supported it, demolished it, and put up a new laminated beam. If you're interested, you can visit: http://projektranunkeln.blogspot.com/ A little blog we've made, not to attract a lot of visitors, more like a diary for ourselves, it's easy to forget when you get to the point where you feel like nothing is happening. There are a lot of other things there regarding our projects.pajsen said:
Well, there you go, but the question remains, how can it be load-bearing when it's just chipboard. Did you have some kind of supports in your wall? I don't have that. But I'll have to support it anyway, a nice beam in the ceiling is quite nice, after all.
The place where my wall is says it's load-bearing, but the construction definitely says it isn't.
The place where my wall is says it's load-bearing, but the construction definitely says it isn't.
When was the house built and what type is it? Check your attic. If you see trusses with a W, they ARE self-supporting, meaning they only rest on the exterior walls, and therefore your chipboard wall is not load-bearing.
But if you're unsure, you need to have an engineer check on-site. If the roof collapses, it will be expensive!!
But if you're unsure, you need to have an engineer check on-site. If the roof collapses, it will be expensive!!
It was built in '64, single-story with a basement. Yes, the trusses look like you describe. The wall that I am going to remove starts at the old chimney but does not seem to be anchored to it, not from what I can see from the attic anyway.
