| 1 | Can a general contractor reliably identify load bearing walls?
• Posted by: scamp2112 on Mon, Feb 25, 13 at 20:09
• 10 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Mar 1, 13 at 14:12
Looking into opening up the wall between our kitchen and living room as part of a kitchen remodel. There are two openings now. One a 80 inch wide arch and another 30 inch open door way. I am wondering if it is reliable to pay a contractor to ev |
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| 2 | Non Load Bearing Exterior Wall
• Posted by: azroyal on Tue, Sep 27, 11 at 16:24
• 9 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Sep 28, 11 at 11:39
As part of the rebuild to our fire damaged house, we are considering adding a shower to our master bath that would require moving the exterior wall between the master bath and the porch (essentially enlarging the master bath area and decreasing th |
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| 3 | Removing a load bearing wall - possible?
• Posted by: AH9200 on Tue, Aug 14, 12 at 15:33
• 14 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Sep 8, 12 at 10:00
We are looking at buying a house that has a load bearing wall between the family room and kitchen. We are wanting to know if its possbibe to reomove the wall to have a more open floor plan. I am thinking it will be very costly but wanted to get |
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| 4 | if this wall is not load bearing, why is there such a big header?
• Posted by: jaansu on Sat, Aug 20, 11 at 15:17
• 4 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Aug 22, 11 at 10:29
In preparation for a kitchen remodel, I had a structural engineer determine if two short walls coming to the kitchen are load bearing. He measured the various walls and gave me a statement they are not. I just opened the wall next to a door in o |
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| 6 | Is this a load bearing wall?
• Posted by: GarmZ on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 20:37
• 7 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Feb 5, 13 at 11:36
I am planning to remove a wall for kitchen for my renovation. Was wondering if I can get some opinions on this. I know that my wall is perpendicular to the wall I want to taken down but does it mean that it is a load bearing wall |
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| 7 | Load-bearing wall support
• Posted by: PatricioJ1 on Tue, Feb 12, 13 at 12:28
• 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 16:41
I'm trying to open up one side of my stairwell leading to the basement. It's a load-bearing wall because a joist rests on the top plate. However, the joist runs parallel to the top plate, not perpendicular. So my question is: how am I suppose to s |
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| 8 | Load Bearing and Wall Removal Question
Been a while since I've posted...I'm looking at opening up an interior wall to the ceiling in a ranch house. This wall runs parallel to, and 3 feet away from the main beam. Roof per original blueprints is noted as |
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| 9 | Double Floor Joists = Load Bearing Wall?
• Posted by: rebel222 on Mon, Jun 20, 11 at 10:22
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Jun 22, 11 at 22:05
I am about to undertake a remodel job, and my wife wants me to remove a wall between the kitchen and dining room? The wall that she wants to remove runs parallel to the floor joists; however, there are 2 floor joists under this wall. They are |
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| 10 | Qs about adding a pocket door
• Posted by: carol08 on Wed, Jul 7, 10 at 14:06
• 21 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Jul 10, 10 at 10:38
We’re considering adding a pocket door from our kitchen to our dining room. It would solve lots of layout problems and would match a pocket door at the other side of the kitchen that we really like. While interviewing contractors (for a kitchen r |
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| 12 | Anything between 'don't touch a thing' and 'tear it down'?
• Posted by: lavender_lass on Sun, Dec 26, 10 at 16:46
• 18 follow-ups, last one posted on Sat, Jan 1, 11 at 19:01
While on the old house forum, it seems that many people don't want to touch any features of an older home, no matter how much it might improve the use of the home. On the building a new home forum, the answer seems to be tear it down and start ov |
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| 13 | Do we need a header or a beam for a 48' opening?
• Posted by: dmwbcc on Fri, Sep 10, 10 at 11:46
• 10 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Sep 23, 10 at 17:16
The wall we're tackling is a load bearing wall. We are putting in a walkway/doorway that is 48 inches wide. We were going to shore it up and put in a beam, but several people have said we would only need a header for this size opening. Tho |
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| 14 | Removing a wall
• Posted by: eve80 on Fri, Jul 2, 10 at 21:37
• 10 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Jul 6, 10 at 10:33
I have asked about this topic a few months ago when doing research for my renovation. Back then everyone told me that the wall is non bearing based on the pictures I posted. I am ready to get started now. I removed a piece of plaster above to |
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| 15 | What is the best way to demo a wall?
• Posted by: judithva on Wed, May 19, 10 at 9:10
• 13 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, May 28, 10 at 7:44
I am planning to demo a wall that divides my living room from a tiny bedroom. What is the least messy way to do that? I am trying to save some money by doing the wall demo myself, I will hire a electrican to do the electric, and possibly a drywa |
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| 16 | Opening two rooms in to one big room
• Posted by: cgill on Mon, Sep 7, 09 at 4:27
• 10 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, Jan 11, 12 at 14:40
We have a 12 x 20 family room adjacent to a 12 x 20 extra bedroom. We need to remove the dividing wall to make a big room. The length of the wall is 16'. YES - it is a load bearing wall. There is only attic space above. Once I remove the elec |
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| 17 | Any device to meet 2-jack stud req't with 1-jack?
• Posted by: la_koala on Thu, Oct 28, 10 at 21:20
• 15 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Nov 1, 10 at 6:34
OK, I'll lead with the question and whoever wants the gory details can read further. :-) Question: If the table in the residential code says a wooden header needs two jack studs, is there any device to use that meets code and have only one j |
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| 18 | Beam structure to support two joists
Hello, this is my first time posting. I have a load bearing wall that I want to remove. The critical load it is carring is two sets of neighboring joists, a span of 32 |
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| 19 | Kitchen Remodel in San Francisco - Advice Please
• Posted by: EddyP on Fri, Aug 3, 12 at 14:42
• 7 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Aug 7, 12 at 11:46
My wife and I are finally getting around to updating the kitchen in our home in SF. Perhaps I'm just freaking out, but I'm beginning to worry that I will miss an important inspection or a building code that I wasn't aware of. The electrician and |
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| 20 | Wood and stone home...
• Posted by: schutjer on Sun, Jan 22, 12 at 22:48
• 8 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Jan 23, 12 at 19:21
We bought a home last June (built 1950s) and are looking to start remodeling it soon. We want interior to be wood and stone. examples, stone walls in kitchen with wood cabinets. wood floors on main level except for entry. Basement done all in |
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