Planning to tear down a wall between a room and a glazed veranda in the summer cottage. The wall has been there since the cottage was built in the 30s, but I have no idea if it's load-bearing or not. There are no drawings available to shed any light on the case either.
How should one go about checking if the wall is load-bearing or not and how do you attach a possible glulam beam to relieve it if necessary?
How should one go about checking if the wall is load-bearing or not and how do you attach a possible glulam beam to relieve it if necessary?
Some questions:
Is the wall roughly in the middle of the house?
Does it run perpendicular to the rafters?
Is there a chimney adjacent to the wall?
In that case, I would assume it is load-bearing (I am not an expert!).
I would probably seek help from a structural engineer to look at a new design. Especially since the municipality wants a construction notification when changing load-bearing structures in houses.
Best regards,
/Ove
Is the wall roughly in the middle of the house?
Does it run perpendicular to the rafters?
Is there a chimney adjacent to the wall?
In that case, I would assume it is load-bearing (I am not an expert!).
I would probably seek help from a structural engineer to look at a new design. Especially since the municipality wants a construction notification when changing load-bearing structures in houses.
Best regards,
/Ove
If it truly is a veranda, then the wall is the house's actual exterior wall, and in that case, most likely load-bearing.
You need to hire a structural engineer to dimension and explain how the work should be carried out.
You need to hire a structural engineer to dimension and explain how the work should be carried out.
I might have expressed myself unclearly.
The wall that needs to be demolished is the wall between the veranda and the room visible in the picture on the link (cottage type 1) http://www.lansmuseum.a.se/byggnadsvard/visabild.cfm?in_bildnr=LP2004%2D0338&in_idnr=199
As far as I know, the veranda has always been enclosed, making the veranda's wall an exterior wall. The wall runs parallel along with the rafters.
The wall that needs to be demolished is the wall between the veranda and the room visible in the picture on the link (cottage type 1) http://www.lansmuseum.a.se/byggnadsvard/visabild.cfm?in_bildnr=LP2004%2D0338&in_idnr=199
As far as I know, the veranda has always been enclosed, making the veranda's wall an exterior wall. The wall runs parallel along with the rafters.
Ah, ok...
I would guess that the wall is load-bearing. The porch is probably built to be simpler and probably needs the wall to help support the roof. The wall probably functions as a gable/exterior wall. Please correct me if I'm wrong...
Best regards,
/Ove
I would guess that the wall is load-bearing. The porch is probably built to be simpler and probably needs the wall to help support the roof. The wall probably functions as a gable/exterior wall. Please correct me if I'm wrong...
Best regards,
/Ove
Well, I guess I'll have a structural engineer check the wall, doesn't feel like something to gamble with...
Since the spv is 3.30 and the room is 6 m long, that wall is most likely not load-bearing.
You can check the ceiling on the veranda for nail heads in the panel. If they are in a row, you have something the panel is nailed into above. The question is whether the row goes parallel to the ridge or across it? You can also look at the panel's length direction. If it is parallel to the ridge, then it is likely some form of free-spanning truss above, even if the roof has a low pitch. In that case, the gable wall between the room and the veranda is not load-bearing.
However, it may be bracing, but if you want to move the gable wall to the right, where the veranda railing is today, you are also moving the bracing. Then nothing will happen to the house if it blows.
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The Builder
You can check the ceiling on the veranda for nail heads in the panel. If they are in a row, you have something the panel is nailed into above. The question is whether the row goes parallel to the ridge or across it? You can also look at the panel's length direction. If it is parallel to the ridge, then it is likely some form of free-spanning truss above, even if the roof has a low pitch. In that case, the gable wall between the room and the veranda is not load-bearing.
However, it may be bracing, but if you want to move the gable wall to the right, where the veranda railing is today, you are also moving the bracing. Then nothing will happen to the house if it blows.
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The Builder
The panel runs parallel to the ridge and the porch is already built-in. Will check for nail heads in the panel, but haven't found any in the living room ceiling.