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Is it a load bearing wall on the 1st floor and above or just bearing the 1st floor?
It is loading down the right column. The right looks scarcely connected.
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Is there a wall over? Which way do the 1st floor joists span?
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Why did you remove it and what is your plan? I'm not a builder or engineer, but it looks like is was originally continuous slightly thicker stud work running all the way down, with the bricks and plaster adding additional strength. Our wall was like that and the house was still standing 125yrs after it was built.
However it looks like at some point it was opened up without consulting an engineer, then filled back in again. If you are just putting it back, I'm sure an experienced builder can make sure it's solid. If you want to open it up, I would speak to an engineer personally.
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At this point I'd probably be engaging the services of a structural engineer. Are they 2x6 studs?
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Took the plasterboard off of the stud wall between front and rear receptions hoping something a little bit more substantial was holding up the 1st floor.
Victorian property, I'd assumed these walls in this position were always solid brick unless modified later, but this looks like it was originally build as a stud wall with brick infill, then at some point replaced with a newer stud frame and some of the original bricks (on their edge) pointlessly left in place
Is our house going to fall down?
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