We have a 40+ year old brick ranch with a “Hip roof”. I am remodeling and want to move a wall and I’m uncertain if I can do this structurally. The ceiling rafters all run across the length of the house until you get to the point where the wall is I want to take out …at this point the rafters change direction and the last 10-12 feet of the house the rafters run with the length of the house and are supported by the existing wall. I want to take out the last 4 feet of the existing wall but I’m building a new wall approximately three feet away under the rafters that are now supported by the existing wall. Can you look at my drawing and see if I’ll be okay ?

I'm having wainscoating installed in a game room in the basement. At the foot of the steps there's a landing, then you step down into the room. The wainscoating is at the same level around the entire room, and the builder recommends that at the wall where the landing is the wainscoating be higher to accomodate for the step. So, when you look at one long wall across, the wainscoating and chair rail are all one length, then at the place where the step landing goes up, the wainscoating goes up. Is this the way to do it? Hope this makes sense....