Question: I see these makeover shows on television. I want to open up my kitchen to the family room and it would be fun to knock out the wall myself. Someone said to be careful of bearing walls.

Identify a load-bearing wall before remodeling. By James Dulley Creators Syndicate Inc. Jan 13, 2018 ... A bearing wall is one which supports the structure of the house.

Dear Pat: I see these makeover shows on television. I want to open up my kitchen to the family room, and it would be fun to knock out the wall myself. Someone said to be careful of bearing walls.

Identifying load bearing walls doesn't always require an expert, but it does require keen observational skills. If you plan on making any modifications to your home, you have to first identify ...

Question: How can you identify a load-bearing wall? I would like to knock down a wall between my kitchen and dining room that is just 4 feet long. To the best of my knowledge, there are no ...

How to identify a load-bearing wall.To identify interior load-bearing walls, start in the basement or the lowest level of the house and look for beams or columns that appear to hold the weight of ...

Dear Angie: How much does it cost to remove a load-bearing wall? In the basement of my home, there is a single concrete beam below the intersection of the living room, dining room and kitchen walls.

Load bearing walls should be indicated as such on the building plans. Examine the crawl space to identify walls that support the roof structure. Roof trusses or rafters will often be attached ...

When searching for a new home, the ideal property can sometimes be just one poorly positioned wall away from perfect. Sometimes, the solution is simple – just remove the wall – but when it ...

But with load-bearing walls, a building can only go so high. As the ambitions of city planners and residents rose, so did the desires of architects and their clients to build even higher. But how ...

Dear Pat: I see these makeover shows on television. I want to open up my kitchen to the family room, and it would be fun to knock out the wall myself. Someone said to be careful of bearing walls ...