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  • Mar 17, 2013, 10:26 AM
    Pakama
    Load-bearing walls
    What are the disadvantages of load-bearing walls(Brick-walls)
  • Mar 17, 2013, 11:20 AM
    ma0641
    Every structure has bearing and non bearing walls. Bearing walls transfer load, live and dead, to the foundation. Typically, gable end walls are non bearing, side walls are bearing. The main disadvantage of a bearing wall is limited span opening. BTW is this a homework question?

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