Load Bearing Wall??
#1
Load Bearing Wall??
HELLO,
I WANT TO PARTIALLY REMOVED A WALL THAT DIVIDES MY KITCHEN AND MY LIVING ROOM. MY QUESTION IS,
HOW CAN I TELL IF THIS WALL IS A LOAD BEARING WALL??
THANKS!!
I WANT TO PARTIALLY REMOVED A WALL THAT DIVIDES MY KITCHEN AND MY LIVING ROOM. MY QUESTION IS,
HOW CAN I TELL IF THIS WALL IS A LOAD BEARING WALL??
THANKS!!
#4
Do you know which direction the joists above span? If the joists are perpendicular to the wall, it is likely a load bearing wall. Are there supports, or a beam spanning parallel to the wall in the basement below? If you cannot tell, you may want to ask a contractor or engineer to take a look and, if it is a load bearing wall, they can also give you the proper header size required and replcement procedures. In the contractor's case, you may have trouble getting this information without paying him/her to do the actual work.