I'm thinking of tearing down an interior wall between the kitchen and "dining room".
Can someone kindly determine if it is load-bearing?
The previous owner/builder said that no walls in that direction are load-bearing, only the "heart wall" in the middle.
All interior walls consist of narrow solid wood boards and horizontal studs with a million nails.
According to the original plan, there wasn't previously a wall running parallel with the middle wall, but according to the person who built the house, they did have a wall there which they later demolished when the children moved out. To take up the loads, they installed the glulam beam you see in the photo.
Maybe not relevant here, but I thought the history is important too.
You also see pictures from the attic showing what the roof trusses look like and some kind of longitudinal support there?
The plans say "Truss 27 degrees" if that has any significance.
It was much better! The wall is definitely not load-bearing. There are actually no interior walls because you have truss rafters that are free-standing between the exterior walls.
Out of pure curiosity. Do you know what kind of "extra beam" has been placed between the rafters with an iron joint?
As you can see in the image below, it is only between the first 4-5 rafters on one side.
No, I noted it but can't directly see the usefulness of it. It seems as if someone tried to hang something in it. To understand it, one must examine what is on the floor below. I can't see anything on the drawing anyway.
