Hi
I am going to demolish this old exterior wall where the house has been extended, and therefore the old exterior wall remains, so there will be another opening from the new part of the house to the old. The old house is from 1934. Does anyone recognize the construction technique and can say if the dark boards are load-bearing or not? The white ones are the old facade, and the innermost light boards are the last ones before you enter the old house section. They don't seem to be load-bearing as they have a gap.
Thanks in advance
I am going to demolish this old exterior wall where the house has been extended, and therefore the old exterior wall remains, so there will be another opening from the new part of the house to the old. The old house is from 1934. Does anyone recognize the construction technique and can say if the dark boards are load-bearing or not? The white ones are the old facade, and the innermost light boards are the last ones before you enter the old house section. They don't seem to be load-bearing as they have a gap.
Thanks in advance
Hobby carpenter
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Our house from 1938 has a standing plank frame, about two inches thick and tongue-and-groove planks.
Exterior walls are generally load-bearing, but that doesn't mean the load on them is very large if distributed over a longer span of the overhead joists. At least not the gable walls.
How large an opening do you want to make?
Do you have better overview pictures and possibly some drawings of the house?
Exterior walls are generally load-bearing, but that doesn't mean the load on them is very large if distributed over a longer span of the overhead joists. At least not the gable walls.
How large an opening do you want to make?
Do you have better overview pictures and possibly some drawings of the house?