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    Dec 22, 2007, 04:41 PM
    Load Bearing Wall?
    How can you determine whether a wall is load bearing?:confused:
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    Dec 22, 2007, 09:02 PM
    If the joists cross over top of the wall, there is a chance that the wall is load bearing(not necessarily, though). If the joists do not continue to another point after crossing over top(either a cantilever floor or the joist ends with another sistered next to it to continue on), then the chances are incredibly great that it's a load bearing wall ;)

    If they joists run parallel to the wall, then of course you're in the clear.

    Thanks,
    Json
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