Just bought a small BR of 54 sqm in a concrete building from 1947 that we are going to renovate.
Using common sense, the red-marked walls are not load-bearing, only the thick wall running in the middle of the house. I have test-sawed in the uppermost of the red-marked walls and it is some form of hollow brick with plaster on the outside.
Is this correct or am I completely off track?
Using common sense, the red-marked walls are not load-bearing, only the thick wall running in the middle of the house. I have test-sawed in the uppermost of the red-marked walls and it is some form of hollow brick with plaster on the outside.
Is this correct or am I completely off track?
The red-marked are probably not load-bearing.
But before you do anything: Do you know what modifications you are allowed to make in your condominium? Walls typically belong to the association...
But before you do anything: Do you know what modifications you are allowed to make in your condominium? Walls typically belong to the association...
Check where the electricity goes......
I also believe that you're right in guessing that the thicker wall is load-bearing. I lived in an apartment from 47. It looked roughly like that. The load-bearing wall was made of brick in my case. Probably, the apartment's exterior walls in all directions are also load-bearing. In my place, they were plastered with reversion behind them. A little hassle when you wanted to put up curtain rods in them. Double plugs lengthwise and extremely long screws were necessary to reach something to attach to.
I also believe that you're right in guessing that the thicker wall is load-bearing. I lived in an apartment from 47. It looked roughly like that. The load-bearing wall was made of brick in my case. Probably, the apartment's exterior walls in all directions are also load-bearing. In my place, they were plastered with reversion behind them. A little hassle when you wanted to put up curtain rods in them. Double plugs lengthwise and extremely long screws were necessary to reach something to attach to.
Yep, believe in the same thing. In older houses, the "middle" wall and others are often over-dimensioned, so you can almost see what is load-bearing and what is not. As someone pointed out above, you must speak with the association in any case.