The fastest ways to tell if your wall is load bearing or not!

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This Video gives you the gives you the FASTEST and EASIEST ways to tell if a wall in your home is load bearing or not. This answers the questions,, CAN YOU TAKE IT OUT, OR NOT. Please always consult with a professional engineer prior to removing any wall in your home that you are not POSITIVE is a bearing or supporting wall.

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A load bearing wall means that it is holding the weight of any structure around or above it.

A non-load bearing wall means its not, and its simply there to divide the space.

The quickest way to tell if a wall is load bearing or not is to find out which way the joists above it run. If they run at a 90 degree angle, and your wall is close to the middle of the house, chances are you may be looking at a load bearing wall.

Can’t figure out which way the joists run? Looking at a room, and seeing which is the shortest direction from the outside wall to the middle of the house can also indicate which way they run.

The third easy way is to check is to see if you have a gable roof. If you have a gable roof, which means that one two sides of the roof do NOT have eaves troughs, and the wall runs all the way to a point, then you can easily determine which way the roof trusses run. A quick rule of thumb is that the roof trusses will generally run the same direction as the floor joists. That lets you know that the main beam, and any structural wall will probably run the opposite way.

If none of those quick ways work, you may have to first understand a little more about structural support and why your home is the way it is.

First thing we have to do is understand that the structure of a house is always supported from foundation up. This means that in the ground, there is always some sort of supporting foundation

Typically, there will be concrete piles, or a footing that holds yours basement foundation walls from sinking.

In a typical home, you will have a beam that runs in the middle of the foundation from on side to the other, that will support your floor joists. Then you will have one or a few posts that support underneath the beam.

Moving up to the first floor, you may have to bring that supporting ability up to a second floor, or if in a bungalow, into the roof system. A typical house will have a supporting wall almost directly above the basement beam.

Go to the basement and check to see if you can find any open supporting structures

These include Posts that are in the middle of the basement, or open beams that space across the middle of the home. Beam can be made out of different material, including, wood, LVL, or even steel. Newer homes hide them well, unless the basement is unfinished. Do you have a drop ceiling anywhere?

It’s important to know which way the joists run above every level, because they may NOT always run the same way in the basement, as they in the first or second floors.

We have found our beam, as we don’t generally have supporting interior walls in the basement, and that typically means that there will be a supporting wall directly above or close on the floor above.

You will see a wall supporting perpendicular joists. Perpendicular simply means they run at a 90 degree angle across. That allows the wall to support they weight of the floor system.

1)Here are some other ways to find the joists in your ceiling.
you may need to use a stud finder
2)see if you can find multiple drywall screws that will show you where your joists are
3)cut into the ceiling and check.
4)There is also an option to find the old building plans.

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