stud wall

[amwc]

Hi

I have just been up into the loft to see if I can remove a stud wall. The connection between the roof trusses (which span from ext. wall to ext. wall) are just nails through the top of the stud wall. Is there any reason I can't remove this wall. Would it be a better connection if it was structural?

 

[noseall]

Why is there a stud wall in the loft?

Is it central, i.e. follows the ridge down the spine of the roof and is it sheathed in ply?

 

[amwc]

hi noseall

its not in the loft its under the loft, about a metre off centre. what would be the tell tale signs if it was structural as it just looks like every other stud wall at the mo.
cheers

 

[noseall]

Did you say the roof is made from manufactured (pre-formed) trusses?

 

[amwc]

yeah they are fink trusses span is about 8m.

 

[^woody^]

You fink that they are trusses?

Anyway, unlikely to be a structural stud - especially if a modernish house of the same box design as every other modern house - ie nothing off grand designs, and the wall is original

 

[amwc]

no, i know they are fink trusses

thanks for the help it was built in 1980 definately pre-made trusses though.

what are the signs of a structural stud wall?

 

[noseall]

Fink trusses rarely need no support from below, that is there whole point.

So, as Woodstock says, the wall is likely to be cosmetic only.

 

[amwc]

noseall sorry to be picky but where you say "rarely need no support" does that mean it does need a support?
Thanks for all the help I feel a bit better now.

 

[^woody^]

Trusses will span from end to end and with no support in between

 

[ajrobb]

Will you be putting up another partition?