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Removing wall between living room and porch?

Removing wall between living room and porch?


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Old 06-07-14, 01:08 PM
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Removing wall between living room and porch?

Hi,

I'm hoping for some help removing the door and wall between my living room and four season porch.

Here's how it looks:






Elevation Section:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9...it?usp=sharing

Floor Plan:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9...it?usp=sharing

My first question is whether the wall is a load bearing wall. My immediate reaction is that it must be, but looking at the elevation, it looks like there might already be a header above the wall. If that's the case, I don't need to put a header beam across the wall. Any thoughts?
 
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Old 06-07-14, 03:35 PM
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It is load bearing. Any beam will need to span continuously from wall to wall with adequate support at each end. Most likely your beam only spans the door space.
 
 

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