Let s guess in your situation north to south.
Roof support methods with load bearing wall removed.
When you remove a load bearing wall you have to add a beam to carry the weight the wall supported see figure a with accompanying details in additional information below.
Planning is key as it ll help you determine how much of a load bearing wall can easily be removed.
Use a beam with vertical posts sometimes called columns.
With the beam in place we could remove the load bearing interior wall studs.
After all in most homes you can remove as much as you wish of a load bearing wall but it has a lot to do with what s inside the wall and how you plan to redistribute the weight.
A horizontal structural beam of sufficient structural quality must replace the wall.
The most common method to support the structure after you remove a wall is to add a beam under the ceiling.
Create a support system.
Support a joist mid span.
Basically a load bearing wall will do one of the following.
There are two ways to accomplish this.
With the studs removed we pulled down the framing wall plates which were nailed into the ceiling joists.
The bottom wall plates were trapped between decades of flooring layers and had to be pried out of place.
For example a gable end truss may be designed with support members that transmit the roof weight load outward to the side walls allowing the end wall directly below it to have breaks or openings in it that would otherwise be impossible.
They could also change direction at that point but it s the same concept.
A load bearing wall carries weight from floors and or roof above while a partition wall merely separates two rooms.
If a load bearing wall has been removed on the first floor without proper support installed for the load above it.
Bearing point is required because span is too long.
Other than the two ends the beam has no vertical bearing points.
This is the easiest method because you don t have to cut into the joists or other framing above the beam.
When you or a contractor remove a load bearing wall it must be replaced with either.
There are several options with terms like simply supported fixed overhanging double overhanging continuous cantilever or trussed.
Then the doors or windows on the floor above it may rub stick or not open because the framing in the wall that the door or window is in may have shifted.
You also have to support the ends of the beam with posts that carry the load to the foundation.
A horizontal beam that has one or more intermediate posts between the two end bearing points is also an acceptable replacement.
When you remove a load bearing wall you need to create a temporary support to bear the weight of the ceiling before removing the wall which will remain until the beam is fully in place.
Support the ends of joists.
Engineered roof truss systems may be designed to eliminate the need for load bearing walls or change where the bearing walls are located.
