Tear down concrete wall in apartment?

[Malinovich]

Hello! Living in a 1920s apartment and planning to demolish a smaller wall about 120cm wide and now realizing after removing the wardrobes that part of it is a concrete wall. We are soon having contractors over and are now a bit nervous that there might be some issues with this. We knocked on the other side of the room as it sounded hollow and therefore thought it would be relatively easy to remove. How can you tell if it might be load-bearing? I will call the city planning office tomorrow to see if I can get a hold of the plans. Can the contractor assess if it can be demolished, or do I need to get the plans first? Thanks for the tips 😊

 

[Tompafix]

Hi! Living in a 1920s apartment and planning to tear down a smaller wall about 120 wide and now realize after we've removed wardrobes that part of it is a concrete wall. We're soon having a craftsman over and got a little nervous that there might be some hassle with this. We've knocked on the other side in the room as it sounded hollow and thus thought it would be relatively easy to remove. How do you know if it might be load-bearing? I will call the city planning office tomorrow to see if I can get hold of a blueprint. Can the craftsman make an assessment of whether it can be demolished, or do I need to get the blueprints first? Thanks for the tips 😊

Board approval is required if it is load-bearing. They will definitely want an assessment from a structural engineer in that case.

 

[Magnusrex123]

I should have talked to the board. Understand if it becomes expensive to send the craftsmen back, but if you do it wrong it might become even more expensive. I've never done anything like that but I would never have dared either