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12-20-2018, 08:14 PM
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| Determining if a wall is load bearing in an apartment
I'm trying to help a buddy determine if it's possible to remove an interior wall in his place, it's a 4 story building so I'm assuming wood construction. The strata and city apparently have no blueprints for the building which seems odd to me.
Are there any standards as to which walls in an apartment would be structural or not? Or any way to determine it in an apartment so they aren't just going on the word of a contractor that it's safe (or not) to remove? I know how it works for a house but no so much a building like that.
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12-20-2018, 08:21 PM
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Strata should know/understand the apartment, I would go there first.
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12-20-2018, 08:35 PM
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The building operator/maintenance guys should have drawings. The owner of the building should also have structural drawings.
Strata should know who the owner of the building is.
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12-21-2018, 01:51 PM
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somone has got to have drawings.
its pretty hard to tell with low rise wood frame because sometimes it may apear to be non-load bearing, but in the middle or a portion of it may have a point load which is reinforced with a beam etc.
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Originally Posted by underscore I'm trying to help a buddy determine if it's possible to remove an interior wall in his place, it's a 4 story building so I'm assuming wood construction. The strata and city apparently have no blueprints for the building which seems odd to me.
Are there any standards as to which walls in an apartment would be structural or not? Or any way to determine it in an apartment so they aren't just going on the word of a contractor that it's safe (or not) to remove? I know how it works for a house but no so much a building like that. |
please help your buddy find a qualified contractor who knows what he is doing. You are not really helping anyone if you don't even know where to find the blueprinter of the structure. Especially its an apartment. You are risking everyone who are living in the building.
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04-22-2019, 04:15 PM
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Thanks for digging up an old thread to give me useless information. I'm not doing the work, merely trying to help determine if something can be done or not before possibly wasting time bringing in contractors or relying on one that might be an idiot (there are many) and does something incorrectly.
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