Planning an open kitchen. Is this a load-bearing wall?

  • Erstellt am 2024-01-09 23:54:45

Reneme28

2024-01-09 23:54:45
  • #1
Good evening everyone,

We are considering connecting our kitchen with the living room and installing an open kitchen.

Now the question arises whether the wall that would have to be removed is a load-bearing wall?
According to the plan, it is a wall thickness of 11.5cm.

The plans also state that on the ground floor the wall thicknesses of 24cm as well as 11.5cm are load-bearing.

Exterior walls 24cm
Load-bearing interior walls 11.5cm/24cm
Non-load-bearing " " 11.5cm

What is confusing for me as a layperson is the (Non-load-bearing " " 11.5cm).

On the ground floor there are exactly two such 11.5cm thick walls.

Can one determine from the plans whether the wall between the kitchen and living room is load-bearing?

Thank you in advance
Regards Rene
 

Nida35a

2024-01-10 00:11:21
  • #2
Only a structural engineer can tell you that, you should hire one. On the upper floor, a wall can stand above the kitchen wall, or the roof can rest on the kitchen wall.
 

lastdrop

2024-01-10 08:40:32
  • #3


The " " only stands for "Load-bearing interior walls," so the whole line reads "Non-load-bearing interior walls 11.5cm."

Since load-bearing interior walls and non-load-bearing interior walls can each be 11.5cm, this doesn’t help either.

A wall can be "non-load-bearing" but still "bracing" and therefore absolutely necessary. Only a structural engineer can help with that. Because: The house doesn’t have that many interior walls...
 

hanghaus2023

2024-01-10 09:59:26
  • #4
Where have my posts gone?
 

ypg

2024-01-10 10:02:53
  • #5

And I also wrote one that is gone :(
 

Reneme28

2024-01-10 10:36:14
  • #6
And my post was also deleted, so I had to reopen it. Thank you for your help. A structural engineer is coming by tomorrow. Greetings Rene
 

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