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Is my airing cupboard wall load bearing?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 2.48 PM

I would like some advice on whether I can safely remove an airing cupboard wall in my bungalow without causing problems to the ceiling joists / roof. The ceiling joists run from front to back with various perpendicular internal walls supporting any joins of joists along the centre(ish) line of the bungalow. The airing cupboard wall that I want to remove T's off from the bathroom wall which is one of my central load bearing walls. The cupboard wall runs parallel to and directly under a joist join which is supported by the central bathroom wall ( like the other joins either side of it) but this join is centered so it's span includes the airing cupboard wall underneath it as well. Do you think the fact the join is centered over the airing cupboard as well as the bathroom central wall means the airing cupboard is unremovable. It can be no accident that the join is centered as it is, as the joins around it are centered over just the bathroom central wall. Any advice would be warmly received. Thanks in advance for your time. Rich. Thanks for all the answers that were relevant to my question. I have done a bit more poking around in the loft and I noticed that the bathroom wall I thought (hoped) was taking all the load is exposed brick with the joists clearly resting on top of it. The airing cupboard wall has plasterboard between the top of the wall and the joists which is enough to convince me there is no load on it from the joists / roof. Indeed it looks as if the cupboard was built after the walls and ceiling were constructed and plastered.