If one end of the
bearing wall is perpendicular to another wall, you'll probably have to remove a stud in the other wall (Figure A and Photo 7).
Removing a
bearing wall is a lot more work than removing a partition wall.
But you can use the same steps to replace just about any
bearing wall.
Ceiling joists usually run at right angles over the top of a
bearing wall. They support a lot of weight, so you'll need to temporarily brace these joists while you tear out the studs that currently support them and permanently replace the studs with a beam.
Answering yes to Question 2 under these circumstances doesn't always identify a
bearing wall. For slab-built homes you have to ask an additional question.
If you want to move
bearing walls away from the supports below, you can engineer the wood-I system to support the loads just as you would with solid sawn joists.
New steel skeletons were designed within the original envelope using existing
bearing walls and wood trusses to support the roofs.
Its simple volume is defined by stone
bearing walls built up in layers of rough hewn yellow-grey granite from Santiago de Compostela that seem neither monolithic nor massive because of the thinness, striation and texture of the blocks.
will have a structural system of masonry
bearing walls with precast concrete plank floors.
Concrete block
bearing walls and a concrete plank floor system are used with exterior masonry walls and thermally broken, double-glazed windows.
Despite the inconvenience of construction crews stripping the lobby to its
bearing walls, the Bernard Hodes advertising agency, which has occupied over 33,600 square feet in the building, has taken the entire 21st floor as an expansion space.