Hello.
I am planning to remove the wall that divides two rooms on the upper floor. This wall is built of timber (like the entire house). As I discover when I have torn away all the layers of nearly a hundred years of renovations, the interior wall extends out and becomes the cupola's outer wall. I plan to saw it off at a 45-degree angle along with the rafter. Reinforce with an additional stud so the remaining timber has a larger surface to be fastened onto.
But before I do that, I want to be completely sure that this won't cause any issues I haven't considered. The cupola's outer wall will not have support from below but only from the rafter. It doesn't rest on the rafter either but is attached to the side. On the other side of the cupola, it is as we want it when finished, and it works there. But it may have been designed that way from the start and therefore works.
The wall itself is not supposed to be load-bearing except for the question regarding the cupola.
I have attached 4 pictures. It's the entire wall with the door, approximately 2 meters long.
Image 1 is where the wardrobe was placed and the wall that will be removed.
Image 2 is the wall to be removed, seen from the other side.
Image 3 is the other side of the cupola. Nothing will be done here; it serves as a reference for how it should become.
Image 4 provides a wider view of the wall to be removed. The entire wall and the door opening are visible here.
Appreciate any feedback.
I am planning to remove the wall that divides two rooms on the upper floor. This wall is built of timber (like the entire house). As I discover when I have torn away all the layers of nearly a hundred years of renovations, the interior wall extends out and becomes the cupola's outer wall. I plan to saw it off at a 45-degree angle along with the rafter. Reinforce with an additional stud so the remaining timber has a larger surface to be fastened onto.
But before I do that, I want to be completely sure that this won't cause any issues I haven't considered. The cupola's outer wall will not have support from below but only from the rafter. It doesn't rest on the rafter either but is attached to the side. On the other side of the cupola, it is as we want it when finished, and it works there. But it may have been designed that way from the start and therefore works.
The wall itself is not supposed to be load-bearing except for the question regarding the cupola.
I have attached 4 pictures. It's the entire wall with the door, approximately 2 meters long.
Image 1 is where the wardrobe was placed and the wall that will be removed.
Image 2 is the wall to be removed, seen from the other side.
Image 3 is the other side of the cupola. Nothing will be done here; it serves as a reference for how it should become.
Image 4 provides a wider view of the wall to be removed. The entire wall and the door opening are visible here.
Appreciate any feedback.
Thanks for the reply. Cut and the house is still standing!
Looked at the pictures again now and it actually looks like it, but it's probably shadows or old damage playing tricks. Now it's absolutely bone dry.