Hello!
I am new to this forum and completely inexperienced.
To my question; We have bought a house built in 1960 and then extended in 1980 that we plan to renovate. The plan is to take down the wall on the upper floor between the kitchen and the living room (see drawing). We have been told that our roof trusses should be self-supporting. What do you think when you look at the drawings? Grateful for any input!
/ Isabelle
I am new to this forum and completely inexperienced.
To my question; We have bought a house built in 1960 and then extended in 1980 that we plan to renovate. The plan is to take down the wall on the upper floor between the kitchen and the living room (see drawing). We have been told that our roof trusses should be self-supporting. What do you think when you look at the drawings? Grateful for any input!
/ Isabelle
The little one sees of the roof trusses looks like truss roof trusses, which are self-supporting if they are properly dimensioned. But in addition to load-bearing walls, there are stabilizing walls, which, for example, limit how much the house moves when it's windy. There are already very few walls in that building structure, so if you remove even more, you might get a house that creaks a lot when it's windy.
Even without load-bearing interior walls, it's normal for the ceiling to sag a few centimeters when a wall is removed.
It is already an open floor plan, and it might be nice for your guests not to constantly see the mess in the kitchen.
Even without load-bearing interior walls, it's normal for the ceiling to sag a few centimeters when a wall is removed.
It is already an open floor plan, and it might be nice for your guests not to constantly see the mess in the kitchen.