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Hello,
If it's a wooden frame, as I and many others have said, you should have a load-bearing wall that runs perpendicular to the roof trusses, i.e., the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom. There should then also be some load-bearing structure in the living room.
I've never encountered a 1½-story house with self-supporting trusses, but it might exist depending on the house's size.
As long as you're okay with a beam of some kind in a room, you shouldn't get hung up on whether the wall is load-bearing or not. It can be solved but requires knowledge and is a bigger job than tearing down a non-load-bearing wall.
If it's a wooden frame, as I and many others have said, you should have a load-bearing wall that runs perpendicular to the roof trusses, i.e., the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom. There should then also be some load-bearing structure in the living room.
I've never encountered a 1½-story house with self-supporting trusses, but it might exist depending on the house's size.
As long as you're okay with a beam of some kind in a room, you shouldn't get hung up on whether the wall is load-bearing or not. It can be solved but requires knowledge and is a bigger job than tearing down a non-load-bearing wall.
Ok. But looking at the pictures of the living room ceiling, there's no beam or anything like that visible that should be in the direction of the wall I want to tear down in the kitchen.jtl said:Hello,
If it's a wooden frame, as I and many others have said, you should have a load-bearing wall perpendicular to the trusses, i.e., the wall between the kitchen and the bedroom. There should also be some load-bearing construction in the living room.
I've never encountered a 1½-story house with self-supporting trusses, but it may exist depending on the size of the house.
As long as you're okay with having a beam of some kind in a room, you shouldn't worry about whether the wall is load-bearing or not. It can be resolved, but it requires knowledge and is a larger job than tearing down a non-load-bearing wall.
Could it be that the floor joists run along the house, contrary to the direction of the trusses? And do they then rest on the wall that runs across the house? (living room wall)
It is not at all impossible that the intermediate floor is strong enough to handle the span. However, I would never take a chance without bringing in an expert to look at this specific construction.
If I understand you correctly, you are only interested in whether you can remove the walls marked in red or not. Provided you can accept some other load-bearing construction, there are no obstacles, and with luck, you might not even need to replace the walls with anything else.
If I understand you correctly, you are only interested in whether you can remove the walls marked in red or not. Provided you can accept some other load-bearing construction, there are no obstacles, and with luck, you might not even need to replace the walls with anything else.
So an expert should be able to see this with just the naked eye? Whether it's a load-bearing wall or not.jtl said:It is not at all impossible that the intermediate floor is strong enough to handle the span. However, I would never take a chance and would choose to bring in an expert to look at this particular construction.
If I understand you correctly, you are only interested in whether you can remove the walls marked in red or not. Provided you can accept some other load-bearing construction, there are no obstacles, and with luck, you might not even need to replace the walls with something else.
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