The house is from 1960 and built with lightweight concrete, which unfortunately generates some radon. We are planning to open up the hallway and remove the door that was there. I wanted to ask you if you think this is a load-bearing wall? (I've been under the impression that doors are not usually in load-bearing walls?)
One must see the entire floor plan to have any chance of knowing. Preferably also the construction drawings and not a poor realtor drawing.
It is completely normal to have doors in load-bearing walls; otherwise, many houses would probably be impossible to use. However, one must then shift the weight above the door.
It is completely normal to have doors in load-bearing walls; otherwise, many houses would probably be impossible to use. However, one must then shift the weight above the door.
Please also attach a section drawing.
The municipality usually has the drawings related to the building permit, and you can request copies of them.
It is likely that the wall running through the middle of the house, hopefully directly under the roof ridge, is load-bearing.
It is likely that the wall running through the middle of the house, hopefully directly under the roof ridge, is load-bearing.
Masonry aerated concrete houses from the 60s are site-built based on a template drawing (house model). They are not fully drawn catalog houses with K-drawings at the house supplier, so I don't think the municipality has any. The only chance is if it has been renovated (after PBL was introduced in 1987) which required a building permit (structural change and/or expansion) and it doesn't seem like it. Just a kitchen renovation and bath/shower.
The municipality will require a K-drawing for the part of the building structure affected. This includes both remaining hall walls (shower and stairs), the floor structure from the kitchen to the stairs (since the shower door is part of the branching against the chimney and the hat shelf has branching for the stairwell, hence wall snippets, including the wall pillar to the living room, which must not be removed).
The municipality will require a K-drawing for the part of the building structure affected. This includes both remaining hall walls (shower and stairs), the floor structure from the kitchen to the stairs (since the shower door is part of the branching against the chimney and the hat shelf has branching for the stairwell, hence wall snippets, including the wall pillar to the living room, which must not be removed).
They're just rubbish walls, just tear them down. Someone else here should see this, not load-bearing.
Extremely unlikely that the current wall is load-bearing. In the absence of drawings, you can map out how the beams above run using a stud finder. Also, check if there is a header above the next doorway into the living room.