I want to remove about 6 feet from an interior wall. The rafters run parallel with the wall but the reason I think it's load-bearing is because one of the trusses rests on the middle of the wall with a lateral x across it.
I have existing pictures and a drawing of "the existing" and what is "proposed: and can email or fax it to somebody interested in bidding on doing a drawing.

The opening would connect a living room and kitchen of a house built in 1946 in Long Beach, CA.

The exterior perimeter seems to be cement walls. I want to also move where the stove was (gas pipe and vent) to the south (cement) wall and need to know how to move the gas pipe along that wall since it is cement. I imagine that the gas pipe would have to run outside the cement wall and wonder if that is "to code"?

The foundation is slab, the plumbing is in the attic (which is nice and dry, straight and easily visible.).

As I mentioned, I have detailed pictures of everything.
Thanks,
Marcy

remodeling4u

marcy,

i would say that your wall is not load bearing if it is running paralell to your rafter. normally a load bearing wall is running perendicular to the trusses.

hkstroud

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