Tear down the partition wall in the basement

[kalle_lidköping]

Do you not have real house plans instead of an unreliable realtor's drawing?

Yes, I do have them but can sha

Do you not have real house plans instead of an unreliable realtor's drawing?

Yes, I do have them. Here are some pictures of the drawing.

 

[BirgitS]

In the first image, different wall types are drawn in various ways according to the small explanation. What does it say about the wall you have demolished, about the long heart wall in the middle, and about the walls you want to demolish?

 

[Per_Eriksson]

7cm lightweight concrete, non-load-bearing and you could probably knock them down with a firm shove.

 

[kalle_lidköping]

In the first picture, different wall types are drawn in different ways according to the small explanation. What does it say about the wall you demolished, about the long central wall in the middle, and about the walls you want to demolish?

The wall I demolished is labeled as hollow brick on one drawing, but then as lightweight concrete on another. When I tore it down, it was 7cm lightweight concrete. That wall stood between the hobby room and boiler room, between the central wall and the outer wall.

The walls to be removed are the ones in the walk-in closet. However, not the one made of hollow brick next to the staircase. They are also made of 7cm lightweight concrete.

 

[kalle_lidköping]

7cm lättbetong, not load-bearing and you can probably knock it down with a firm push.

Good, I think the same. But always nice to double-check. The other wall, I cut a horizontal line in the middle and then it went down with the help of a sledgehammer. No major problems ‍♂️⚒ Happy New Year

 

[MathiasS]

The walls are not load-bearing, but I guess they have a supporting function.

 

[kalle_lidköping]

The walls are not load-bearing, but I guess they have a supporting function.

I don't want to believe that they have a supporting function because they are so thin. For example, at the stairs where a supporting function is needed, 20 cm wide hollow blocks are used to build so that the stringer pieces can be attached and also allow an iron beam to rest on for the staircase opening through the floor. It feels wrong if 7 cm aerated concrete panels would have that function. And then I'm thinking about the wall that stands between the closet and the recreation room, which also has a door in it. If you understand how I'm thinking. But I'm not sure, so that's why I'm asking here; it would be nice if more people provided some input.

 

[MathiasS]

I am thinking a bit from the other direction: A cavity brick or leca block wall that is 8m long usually cannot withstand ground pressure without buttresses => your partition walls have a supporting function. How thin the wall is does not matter that much.

If you removed all the partition walls in the house, you would probably have problems with cracks in the walls after (a long) time.