Hello
I would like to take down a wall in an apartment built in 1939 and am wondering what F in a triangle means. See yellow marking
Blueprint of a 1939 apartment; yellow mark shows a wall with "F" in a triangle, indicating structure or function.
 
The triangle, the cloud, and the F are a revision, a change made to the drawing since the "previous" edition of the drawing. Your wall should therefore look like the drawing (if this is the latest edition of the drawing (which you reasonably have no idea about) and if nothing has changed since the construction was completed).
 
An arrow with a letter is usually used as a reference, e.g., to a revision list. What does it say in the lower right corner, it looks like it could be one of those?
 
P Paco64 said:
The triangle, cloud, and "F" are a revision, a change, made to the drawing since the "previous" edition of the drawing. Your wall should look like the drawing (if this is the latest edition of the drawing (which you reasonably have no idea about) and if nothing has changed since the construction was completed).
Hi
Yes, it looks like the drawing, can one determine if it is load-bearing from this drawing?
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Y ylva wiktröm said:
Hi
Yes, it looks like the drawing, can you determine if it is load-bearing from this drawing?
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Possibly if you have a better copy of the drawing than the picture here, BUT it still won't really help because if you're considering tearing down the wall, your housing association will most likely require you to provide a certificate from a structural engineer confirming that the wall is not load-bearing. If it is load-bearing, the engineer will indicate which changes you can make to the wall without affecting the load-bearing capacity. (If the wall is load-bearing and, for example, you want to create an opening in it, the engineer needs to look at the floors above and below to see how those walls appear so that no changes are made that could jeopardize the structure by making an opening in your wall).
 
P Paco64 said:
Possibly if you have a better copy of the drawing than the picture here BUT it still doesn't quite help because if you plan to tear down the wall, your housing cooperative will most likely require a certificate from a structural engineer stating that the wall is not load-bearing and if it is, what changes you can make to the wall without affecting its load-bearing capacity. (If the wall is load-bearing and you, for example, want to create an opening in it, the structural engineer needs to look at the floors above and below to see how those walls look, ensuring that no changes have been made that would jeopardize the structure by creating an opening in your wall).
Thanks for the response, I will of course be in contact with the condominium association's board before doing anything.
 
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