Remove a section of interior wall for open floor plan

[Bob-TheBuilder]

Considering removing a small section of the interior wall in our new house. It's unclear if it's a load-bearing section but I THINK it is.

3 doors will be removed and the red circled wall. Then, I'll create a bedroom by dividing the living room, but that's straightforward.

What do you think? Is there a good way to determine if it's load-bearing or not?

 

[BirgitS]

One can look at construction drawings and how the roof trusses are arranged.

 

[Bob-TheBuilder]

You can look at construction drawings and how the roof trusses align.

Could this be helpful?

 

[Bob-TheBuilder]

However, I don't see how that particular section is supposed to be load-bearing when the wall ends in the middle of the house and then continues on the next wall. But I'm not an expert either

 

[Bob-TheBuilder]

Here's what it says about the roof's construction:

 

[BirgitS]

Does the description mention anything about load-bearing interior walls?

 

[Bob-TheBuilder]

This is what I find @BirgitS

 

[Daniel 109]

It says freestanding, so they haven't accounted for support in the design.

In the first picture, aren't the gables to the sides? If so, that wall can't be load-bearing. The wall in the other direction doesn't seem to be load-bearing either, but there might be a load there.

 

[Bob-TheBuilder]

It says freestanding, so they have not included support in the dimensioning.

In the first picture, are the gables to the sides? If so, that wall cannot be load-bearing. The wall in the other direction doesn't seem to be load-bearing either, but it probably carries some load.

I interpreted the construction description of the roof the same way. But I later found a description that says "load-bearing inner wall" on both the basement level and the upper level as I understand it.

What I'm extremely interested in is whether the small section we intend to demolish is load-bearing. The walls extending from the gable and 2 meters in from each side will not be touched.

 

[BirgitS]

It says free-standing, so they haven't accounted for support in the dimensioning.

In the first image, the gables are to the sides, right? In that case, that wall cannot be load-bearing. The wall in the other direction doesn't seem to be load-bearing either, but it probably carries some load.

Just to make sure you mean it right: It's not the wall in red that should be removed but the circled small walls (and the doors, I assume) around the cleaning closet that should be removed.

 

[Daniel 109]

Then I read too fast.

 

[Anna_H]

High risk that it's load-bearing. It would be interesting to look at the ceiling in the hallway where you don't have a wall. Is there a built-in beam there? If so, can it be extended past the cleaning cabinet? That would solve the problem, but an engineer must calculate it to ensure the dimensions are correct.

 

[Bob-TheBuilder]

Big risk that it is load-bearing. It would be interesting to look at the ceiling in the hallway where you don't have a wall. Is there a built-in beam there? If so, can it be extended past the cleaning closet, which would solve the problem, though an engineer needs to calculate it to ensure the right dimensions.

I looked for it during the viewing, but there was no beam. Strange, I think if it's load-bearing that the load-bearing wall ends in the middle of the house. Hmm...

I might have to ask an engineer to look at it maybe.

 

[13th Marine]

The bearing wall might be offset. So that it is bearing where you plan to divide the living room into an extra room.

 

[Anna_H]

There may also be a steel beam embedded in the ceiling.