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Bookmark or Share- How to Install a Load-Bearing Beam - The Family HandymanWhen you replace a load-bearing wall with a load-bearing beam, you create a larger, more useful floor area and give your home a feeling of spaciousness. In this story, we’ll show you how to remove nearly any wall and tell you how to add a structural beam if it’s needed.
- How to Tell if a Wall Is Load Bearing - The Home DepotFrom a basement or crawlspace, check to see if another wall or support structure is directly below a first-floor wall. If a wall has a beam, column or other wall directly below or following its same path, it’s a load-bearing wall. Walls more than 6 inches thick are usually load-bearing walls.
- How to Tell If a Wall Is Load-Bearing: 9 Signs - The SpruceYou'll want to know how to tell if a wall is load-bearing before you remove or alter a wall to merge rooms, add space, or rethink your home's layout. Several clues can help you know if a wall is load-bearing, even without removing the drywall or other invasive measures.
- Load-bearing wall - WikipediaA load-bearing wall or bearing wall is a wall that is an active structural element of a building, which holds the weight of the elements above it, by conducting its weight to a foundation structure below it. Load -bearing walls are one of the earliest forms of construction.
- How to Tell if a Wall is Load Bearing: 15 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHowTo begin determining which walls in your house are load-bearing ones, it's best to start at the most basic load-bearing feature of any home - the foundation. If your house has a basement, start here. If not, try to start wherever on the first floor you can locate your house's lower concrete "slab."
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