Load bearing wall?

[Rhino7]

Another load bearing wall question I'm afraid, will be getting a structural engineer in for a good look at some point to be sure but will throw it on here for opinions please. If most on here think it's not doing much and can come out without much hassle will get it checked and crack on, else it'll go on the back burner for a while...


House is a late 30s 3 bed brick semi, here's my expertly crafted plans:

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• Rhino7
• 20 Jul 2008
• 1

That's the ground floor - party wall is on the right, wall in question is in red, currently seperates kitchen from WC, single thickness brick, 2.5m long.

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• Rhino7
• 20 Jul 2008
• 1

First floor shown there, walls in blue are all stud partition, hashed red line is approx location of wall underneath. Floorboards on first floor run front to back of house, joists are from side to side (so horizontally on drawing if that makes sense!).

Thinking that the wall should be able to come straight out, but then again I know nothing of these things, so over to you guys

Thanks in advance for taking a look,

Steve.

edit: I paid £400 to have these plans drawn up, was I conned?

 

[^woody^]

It's load bearing if the joists are on it (ie at 90° to it). It seems not from the layout

I paid £400 to have these plans drawn up, was I conned?

Not really. I've seen engineers charge more ..... and just for B&W too

 

[Shytalkz]

That's no SE's drawing: lines are far too straight and no doctor-scrawl all over it. And, as you say, the use of different coloured crayons is a no-no.

It's not a lb wall, from your description, btw .