How likely are these walls load bearing?

[charliee]

Hi!
It's the old, is this wall load bearing question. I was just wondering if there's anyone who could tell by experience the likelihood of these walls being load bearing.

For information, It is a flat on the second floor of a 7 storey purpose built flat, 1950's-60's and says it's brick, concrete, steel built on the inspection form.
I can see "beams" on the ceilings.

1. The diagonal (right side) wall in a cupboard, trying to take down and square off to make room for washing machine. walls dont sound solid when i knock.
(3rd picture is from the other side of the wall)

2. The cupboard in the kitchen, strange thing is that inside the cupboard the ceiling does not go all the way up to the room ceiling. Walls don't sound solid when i knock on it.

Look forward to hearing your experiences!! Thanks

 

[robinbanks]

I expect it's the boxing on the ceiling that is hiding a structural member, and it's unlikely the two walls you have to identified thus far are load bearing. Are any of the walls in the flat a solid construction?

 

[big-all]

first thought 95% no
as the wall backing on to the cooker socket is not brick then 100%
with lintels you need a padstone or bearing surface strong enough to take the weight this normally is a pillar or into the wall
i fully suspect the only structural is the outer walls and internal basic walls that divide rooms

but fully a guess

 

[tony1851]

From two recent similar jobs I've looked at recently, I'd bet the farm that those walls are not loadbearing.
For peace of mind, prod around the plaster near the top with a strong screwdriver and you'll see there's no connection

 

[charliee]

I expect it's the boxing on the ceiling that is hiding a structural member, and it's unlikely the two walls you have to identified thus far are load bearing. Are any of the walls in the flat a solid construction?

Thanks, what kind of construction should i search for to understand the structure?
None of the walls dividing the rooms are solid to my "knocking inspection"

 

[charliee]

first thought 95% no
as the wall backing on to the cooker socket is not brick then 100%
with lintels you need a padstone or bearing surface strong enough to take the weight this normally is a pillar or into the wall
i fully suspect the only structural is the outer walls and internal basic walls that divide rooms

but fully a guess

Thanks, yes the "outer" walls seem solid, There are these kind of pillars in some places so does that mean I don't have to worry about walls being load bearing?

 

[charliee]

From two recent similar jobs I've looked at recently, I'd bet the farm that those walls are not loadbearing.
For peace of mind, prod around the plaster near the top with a strong screwdriver and you'll see there's no connection

Thank you for sharing!