Load Bearing Wall?
#1
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Load Bearing Wall?
Hi Guys, I am removing an interior wall in a second floor bedroom. The house is 10 years old with engineered trusses. I had two contractors in the attic who told me the wall I am removing is not load bearing.
So today, I started taking the sheet rock down and I see four 2x4s nailed together in one spot and two 2x4s nailed up in another.
I am not sure what to make of this...
Thanks for your help...

So today, I started taking the sheet rock down and I see four 2x4s nailed together in one spot and two 2x4s nailed up in another.
I am not sure what to make of this...
Thanks for your help...



Last edited by PJmax; 07-04-19 at 03:20 PM. Reason: resized top picture
#3
I would be asking what's above it. Plus why does an interior wall have osb on one side like a shear wall does?
#4
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I have engineered trusses in my house. While it is very common for there to be no load bearing interior wall in a trussed house I have a couple in my house. You'd have to be quite knowledgeable about trusses to be able to tell by looking in the attic. In your case a wall sheated in OSB could be a shear wall (structural) and four studs right next to each other can be supporting a point load or beam (also structural).
Do you have a box of paperwork that came with the house? Hopefully it has the truss documentation. That would be the easiest and surest way to know if that wall is load bearing.
Do you have a box of paperwork that came with the house? Hopefully it has the truss documentation. That would be the easiest and surest way to know if that wall is load bearing.