China cabinet in load bearing wall question
Janet
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Question about load bearing wall and opening allowed...
Comments (6)Structural engineer time. In short... it depends. In our case where we opened up about 24' that used to be the rear wall of our 1 story house there was a column needed due to a point load, a pier and footer added below the column to take the load to the ground, and four LVLs (meeting in the column / side by side) as headers. Both ends of the opening were above existing piers that were deemed to be of more than adequate strength so they were left alone. Then of course there were the materials and fasteners used to make the connections. That said, it took the framers one day to remove the old wall and frame in the new opening, but I already removed all of the drywall, electrical and plumbing ahead of time....See MoreLoad Bearing Wall Question
Comments (12)I answered this in the remodeling section, I will copy that answer here. -------------------- it is labeled "DBL TOP CHORD BEARING" and below that it says "16' DP FLR TRUSS * 24' OC". I have no idea what this means - does anyone know? I suspect those are your truss specs and not your wall specs. Your first line describes the type of truss you are using which is a top chord bearing truss (the bottom chord drops into the structure and the top chord attaches to your load bearing wall). The second line describes the depth of the truss and the spacing. So it means a 16" deep floor truss spaced 24" on center. ------- ETA: Top chord bearing trusses are pretty common in commercial and multi-family dwellings, while bottom chord is probably more common in single family homes....See MoreQuestion on possible load bearing wall Removal
Comments (4)What is the span that you need to open? You may be more limited in the span you can open or the remaining header. With an all brick construction house, with two floors above our kitchen. We have had a structural engineer draw up how to open the kitchen into the current refrigerator room (which is built like an enclosed porch). It will be a lot of steel for a relatively short span with at least a foot remaining in the ceiling for a header. Part of it has to do with keeping the house from falling down while the put it in, but i have not seen it done yet (or received the updated quote for the steel after the structural engineer made the drawings). We got a quote that had an allowance for the beam construction, then paid a structural engineer to evaluate and make the drawings and we are waiting to figure out how close the allowance was to the estimate....See MoreLoad bearing wall question
Comments (12)Hire a General Contractor on a consulting basis, with the provision that they will get first crack at your envisioned job that’s bound up with removing the wall. Bear in mind that supporting a load bearing wall is only a small part of removing that wall. Walls contain things. They provide backing for furniture arrangements, and art, and lighting controls, and electrical outlets. People rarely think all of that through well on the front end unless they have an interior designer on board. This is a ”give a mouse a cookie” situation, with tons of downstream consequences and costs other than your direct ask....See MoreJanet
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5 years agoI can’t create but I can try to copy. The first picture is from Houzz. The second is what we built. ( used to be a wooden display case)
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5 years agoJust another copy I did from your inspirational pictures. First picture is from Houzz. Second is mine. Have so many ideas I brought into this remodel
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