Before you undertake remodeling anything in your home, do some research. Determine if your home is balloon-frame, stick-frame, or post-and-beam, for example. Don’t just start tearing your house apart and sawing through joists and studs; you may wind up sacrificing the structural integrity of your home.
Also, never tear down an interior wall without making sure it is not a load-bearing wall. Most load-bearing walls run perpendicular to the floor joists– but not all of them do! Do some investigating! If you are at all unsure, get a contractor or carpenter to take a look at the wall and determine if it is load-bearing or not. You don’t ever want to leave a floor unsupported. This coiuld not only imperil the home and your family, but it may null any insurance claim you’d make.
Sat, Jan 19, 2008
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