We need to add a bathroom to our house (we never really had one in the first place, the real one is in the basement of our house which is kinda gross). It seems our house as 2 load bearing walls. In kind of a T shaped. We would like to cut in to the top of the T (load bearing wall) to add a bathroom to the main floor of our house. Anyone know if this is possible. We only have a shower and toilet right now for a bathroom, we have the tub and sink sittin gin our living room. I would reallllllllly like to have a bath soon :)
2006-11-12 08:45:51 · 5 answers · asked by prairie_babe74 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Our joists run with the bottom of the T, but our roof point runs witht he top of the T.
2006-11-12 09:01:12 · update #1
load bearing walls go perpendicular of the ceiling joists/floor joists. go in your basement and see which way the joists are going. any walls in the floors above going the same way as the joists can b knocked down. the other walls can b taken down but need to b supported by a headdar
2006-11-12 08:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by Dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
without particularly seeing it this is not available to declare. only because of the fact this is not helping the joists above would not advise the wall isn't structural. This wall could have been geared up to grant lateral power to different load bearing structures. in the previous you eliminate it get a structural engineer to have a speedy look at it particularly no remember if this is in a basement maximum will only charge a small value because it wont take them long yet removing a structural wall could have dir consequences.
2016-12-28 19:51:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You really need to have some sort of structural engineer or a builder familiar with construction to come out and take a look at it. It will be impossible from here to make any sort of accurate determination. If you cut into a load-bearing wall you will need to add new headers to give proper support to anything above. Also, the possibility exists that what you think is load-bearing wall really isn't.
2006-11-12 08:49:58 · answer #3 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't know where you are located but if it were me I'd call the local building inspector and have them come out and advise. Just flatter him/her and you should get good advice as far as walls and bracing, headers, etc.
2006-11-12 10:26:45 · answer #4 · answered by Wolf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-12 15:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by bigg_dogg44 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋