How to tell if a wall is loadbearing?

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chappers wrote: »

Don't listen to this advice, a stud wall can load bearing.

If you are correct and there is a wall directly above and then yes it may be load bearing.
I wouldn't worry about it with regards to a house purchase. The difference in cost to open that wall would be negligable if it were load bearing or not.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: (I do get what you mean though)

The stud wall wont be the load bearing part. The joists that the stud wall are nailed to are the loadbearing elements, not the stud. You may have a few load bearing vertical beams co-located, but again, the stud is not the loadbearing portion.

Would love to see a piece of plasterboard and battens hold anything heavier than wet newspaper.

http://www.diydoctor.org.uk/projects/load-bearing_walls.htm

As mentioned, get a CHARTERED structural engineer in to take a look. If you start knocking down walls, you will invalidate the insurance, at best. At worse, you could collapse the outer walls due to buckling instability brought on by wind loading and the weight of the building.

greenface

If you feel you are competent enough to knock down a internal wall you should know if is a load bearing wall without asking .
If your going to get the builders in my god if they dont know we were all in trouble.
FWIW knock the wall down and if the teddy falls off the wardrobe it was loadbearing

P.S very similar to our house and its load"bear"ing

cannoncon

if stud wall upstairs it could be load bearing. easy check and fullproof.run ultrasonic detector [ cost about £20 pounds ] over wall if any reading on diagonal studs as opposed to verticals studs its loadbearing. [after checking joists upstairs are running parallel to said wall ].