Hi!
We have bought a townhouse built in the '70s and are considering tearing down and relocating some walls. We have obtained some construction drawings and the technical description, and in the latter, there are checkboxes for "Load-bearing parts." (attached) There is a check in the box for exterior walls, but not for interior walls.
Can I rely on this and move walls as I please?
It should be added that the interior walls are thin, consisting of studs 2"x2" (according to the technical description).
We have bought a townhouse built in the '70s and are considering tearing down and relocating some walls. We have obtained some construction drawings and the technical description, and in the latter, there are checkboxes for "Load-bearing parts." (attached) There is a check in the box for exterior walls, but not for interior walls.
Can I rely on this and move walls as I please?
It should be added that the interior walls are thin, consisting of studs 2"x2" (according to the technical description).
I'm thinking out loud... :A floor plan could reveal a lot. Is it two/multiple floors? Yes, likely.
I think it would be money well spent to walk in with the complete (?) drawings you have to a structural engineer and ask these questions.
/end of thoughts/
I think it would be money well spent to walk in with the complete (?) drawings you have to a structural engineer and ask these questions.
/end of thoughts/
Here is the blueprint of the house. Can it help? It's a single-story house on a concrete slab. The roof is nearly flat (6 degrees) with asphalt felt.
It's the walls surrounding the somrum to the right that we are considering moving a meter or so—or rather removing the closets and letting a wall follow the right side of them on the blueprint. And opening up doorways of about 100cm in two places instead of 1x80cm. And moving the kitchen to that room, but that doesn't have much to do with load-bearing walls
It's the walls surrounding the somrum to the right that we are considering moving a meter or so—or rather removing the closets and letting a wall follow the right side of them on the blueprint. And opening up doorways of about 100cm in two places instead of 1x80cm. And moving the kitchen to that room, but that doesn't have much to do with load-bearing walls
Something like this?
I’m wildly guessing when I'm not quite sure where the openings should be.
If it is as I have done (since you shouldn’t have two openings in the same section of wall?), then one suggestion is just to have a larger opening in the new wall towards the corridor on the right in the picture.
It’s always good to have solid walls, especially in a kitchen.
I don’t think there's any danger in making these changes, but without a construction drawing, or sticking your head up to check that there isn’t a rafter/beam/etc. that needs support right where you’re cutting, it’s hard to know.
In a modern house with closets in chipboard veneer, it’s clear that there’s no load-bearing effect in these. In older constructions with built-in closets from floor to ceiling, it might be that these were considered part of the construction.
Again, I don’t think it should be a problem.
I’m wildly guessing when I'm not quite sure where the openings should be.
If it is as I have done (since you shouldn’t have two openings in the same section of wall?), then one suggestion is just to have a larger opening in the new wall towards the corridor on the right in the picture.
It’s always good to have solid walls, especially in a kitchen.
I don’t think there's any danger in making these changes, but without a construction drawing, or sticking your head up to check that there isn’t a rafter/beam/etc. that needs support right where you’re cutting, it’s hard to know.
In a modern house with closets in chipboard veneer, it’s clear that there’s no load-bearing effect in these. In older constructions with built-in closets from floor to ceiling, it might be that these were considered part of the construction.
Again, I don’t think it should be a problem.
