Load Bearing Wall

[padstar]

I know no one can answer 100% correctly without seeing it and i should get a SE to check BUT if a 1st floor wall is built off floorboards and there is no wall plate/joists sat on the wall is it fair to assume that it can be removed without the need for propping and replaced with a studwork wall?

 

[stuart45]

Is it a block wall?

 

[padstar]

Blockwork yes

 

[stuart45]

It sounds like it's not a load bearing wall. You are replacing it with a stud wall anyway. There are some load bearing stud walls that have no walls under them, but are quite rare in standards houses.
Trussed Partitions (chestofbooks.com)

 

[padstar]

Thanks. Fairly confident it is non structural and the studwork will go straight in after it's removed.

 

[noseall]

Thanks. Fairly confident it is non structural and the studwork will go straight in after it's removed.

If the door casings upstairs measure about 4” in width, it usually means you have partition block walls upstairs.

 

[padstar]

Just checked and the measure just under 3"

 

[tony1851]

Just checked and the measure just under 3"

Extruded hollow clay block? Or brick-on-edge? (depending on the age of the house)

 

[padstar]

early 1900's house. Will find out at the weekend when i start removing it.

 

[stuart45]

I was going to say 2 inch blocks, but as it's early 1900's it could be a stud wall with a brick on edge infill between the studs.