Watch This Video Before Removing Interior Walls or Making Door Openings Larger - Remodeling Advice
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- čas přidán 20. 11. 2016
- www.homebuildingandrepairs.com... Click on this link for more information about home remodeling, building repairs and structural engineering. This video will provide you with some simple yet much-needed information about problems you could create if you remove any interior wall or make an existing opening larger to open up the interior space of your home. In this video you will learn about weight transferring through existing walls and around remodeled enlarged openings. Don't forget to watch part two called Structural Problems from Removing Walls and Making Existing Openings Larger - Lateral Movement.
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Wow this is a video I really need!!!thank you!! I always hire at least 1 structural engineer and sometimes I get even another opinion before I make huge changes. One time 2 such experts told me it was safe to remove a chimney and the next morning I woke up to some serious deflection in a wide entryway. Had to run some lams across the entire span to fix the problem. Thank God it all worked out ok.
Very helpful thank you for the knowledge!
Great explanation of weight transference in a load bearing wall. You're right that removing interior walls growing in popularity as people want open concept floor plans as part of their remodel.
I really appreciate this video. Perfectly explained at the right tempo.
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Woah! That was the most helpful explanation/teaching! Thank you!
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.
Can you explain Dutch gable roof on 3D
The lay out please
You are the best to explain things very clearly thanks for all the videos
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Thank you, this was very helpful
You're welcome and I'm glad it helped.
Lots of good info in here about load-bearing and non-bearing walls.
Glad you liked the video and thanks for letting us know.
I got lucky..When I opened up all the walls in my house, the roof was a W or Fink truss. No load bearing walls!
Thanks this is great. I am widening a door gap for a pocket door in the central hallway LB wall which is perpendicular to the ceiling and floor joists. Our code requires a 140x90 lintel checked into full length studs only, as I have a single story and a span of 1.85m and loaded dim of 2.89m and the studs are 90x45 on 450mm centres. There are already double joists under one wall so I will likely sister another floor joist between two inner bearers under the point load at the other side of the opening.
The other thing I am then doing is putting in a 910 opening (no door) in a wall which is parallel to the ceiling and floor joists. As in your diagram there is a double joist under all the parallel walls. It is hard to tell if this wall is LB though. It has two ceiling joists above the single top plate and these are 100x50 and 50mm apart. The studs are only 70mm wide. The end of these ceiling joists sit on the exterior wall top plate and the hallway LB wall, (which incidentally only has a single top plate but has 90x45 studs at 450 centres). The hallway has a single 100x50 across the top plates and then similarly a pair of ceiling joists running from the opposite hall wall to the exterior on the other side of the house. So that small single piece is sandwiched between the two pairs. As the wall is only 70mm wide the pair of joists directly above only sit on the outer 10mm of the wall top plate as the joists are spaced 50mm apart. Given this small bearing surface is it likely that this is a non load bearing wall? Thanks
Thanks for sharing your project information, because it will be useful to other viewers in the future and you're welcome.
Happy to Greg. Do you think the 70mm internal wall (re my 2nd para) is likely to be non LB?. Thanks
This video was awesome and very helpful
Glad you liked it and thanks for watching.
This is the best explanation about large openings on load bearing walls,thank you..Now i have a question,how long can the opening be and what kind of beam does it need if is not ingeneered beam.
I cannot provide you with engineering information, but might be able to provide you with a suggestion. For example a 4 x 12 beam and a single-story house could span up to 12 feet.
Hi,
Awesome videos. I know you arent an engineer but.... I am wondering if I were to change an opening (parallel to joists) from 6ft, to a 10ft opening going from wall to structural wall, would that make it stronger since load is going where it is supposed to (as shown in your video here)? Also, this is the only wall connecting the center wall, which is load bearing, to the exterior wall, I imagine it is still structural in the lateral sense. Is an LVL beam at the top sufficient for lateral structure regardless of length? The opening is almost to the ceiling, so I figure opening it further will have no lateral structural impact. I hope I am asking this right. Thanks so much if you respond. Cheers
How would you do this at a marriage wall of a modular home? I have a cape cod home that I am looking at opening a 9ft area between my kitchen and living room and would like to install a flush lvl.
I don't think I would be much help with a modular home, but feel free to send me some pictures and I'll see what I can do.
Thanks
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I sincerely need your help, the contractor put on board siding on the frame of the exterior house, but he did not add ply wood before adding the wrap (Tyvek) before putting on the siding. Is that normal that there is only Tyvek and siding to the out side framing. He has all ready started to put the insulation in the interior frame to close it up. Your help is needed. Help me with this question please. Thank you.
missrafaelas I really think the contractor should of put plywood before the wrap
Hello! How can we hide the beam if we are going to extend a roof on the opposite side so we have a clean open concept kitchen with out the beam or bull head.Thanks
Not all, but sometimes the beam can be installed in the ceiling or other areas to provide structural support for other parts of the building.
Lvl. This building in your picture should have five peers down the building in the center
I want to just take one 2x4 out of a wall to make a door opening, can I just add two jack studs and a 2x6 header?
I cannot provide you with engineering advice, but can suggest that you're on the right track and have something that should work.
I’m not sure if this is a dumb question, but will it be and issue with any of these examples if the floor is concrete slab?
Concrete will provide more strength, most of the time.
I live in the desert and my house sits directly on a cement foundation. Does this mean I can install the support beam without worrying about over loading?
No, each end of the support beam might require a support post and concrete footing to hold up the support post that will need to go into the cement foundation you're referring to.
gregvancom, I think the question was misunderstood. I believe Robin is referring to the increased/concentrated load transferred to the floor. I think She's saying her house is on a slab, therefore no joists to worry about being overloaded. I would say she is fine.
It would be hard for me to tell you that she wouldn't be okay, but I've never came across to a construction project where an engineer didn't have a concrete footing underneath the concentrated load that was placed in the middle of a concrete slab where there weren't any footings. Again, I'm not about to suggest that they will ever have any problems, but would love to see an engineer submit a set of plans to a building department using your example.
Greg, what software are you using for the models?
Can I convert a one car garage into a 2 car garage with one 18 ft door ?
I don't know your exact situation, but it seems possible. In other words, as long as you follow standard construction and remodeling procedures, then it will probably work.
24 by 30. Building right now
Hello what if I'm trying to close that entry and open the other side. Please help!
I probably couldn't help you, because I would need to know a lot more about your home framing and concrete building foundation. The best suggestion I could make would be to visit our website and check out some of the videos in the remodeling and repair section about framing.
Can closet walls be load bearing?
Yes
What is your email? I’m trying to expand my closet opening and need a little advice. I’m doing this on my own and your videos are super explanative !
Our email address can be found at our website and I strongly suggest going there and checking out some of our other videos also.