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danielleandscott
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Baring Wall
How much would it cost to take down a baring wall opposed to a non baring wall in a levitt cape do you think?
Thanks,
Scott
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Posted 7/15/05 7:01 AM  |
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btrflygrl
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Re: Baring Wall
not sure of the price, but I'm not sure you should be or it could be done. A baring wall is a load baring wall which means it supports a floor and other walls. Without, you'd have to redistribute that weight somehow
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| Posted 7/15/05 10:51 AM |
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CathyB
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Re: Baring Wall
i'd imagine it will cost a great deal more as there is a lot more work involved with redistrubuting the house's weight over beams that aren't meant to support it. They have to put stuff at the top and bottom of the non-load bearing beams to redistribute the weight, so I think it involves a lot of structural work.
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| Posted 7/15/05 12:07 PM |
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ThreeCats
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Re: Baring Wall
Posted by danielleandscott
How much would it cost to take down a baring wall opposed to a non baring wall in a levitt cape do you think?
Thanks,
Scott
for a baring wall you will still need a good header. which means the section of the ceiling will be lower than the rest.
I would imagine is cost more because of the header.
Message edited 7/27/2005 8:45:16 PM.
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| Posted 7/27/05 8:24 PM |
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MrsERod
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Re: Baring Wall
Posted by danielleandscott
How much would it cost to take down a baring wall opposed to a non baring wall in a levitt cape do you think?
Thanks,
Scott
are you thinking or renovating already scott???? you haven't even gone to closing yet!! wow...your mind works a mile a minute huh!! 
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| Posted 7/27/05 8:34 PM |
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Re: Baring Wall
we took down the major load baring support wall (separating the family room and living room) and the house is still standing 
We put in micro-lam headers - I think the headers cost > $1K, but you also need temporary support walls, sheetrock and its the labor that can add up (we did it ourselves). It was a HUGE undertaking but totally worth it.
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in process:
Wall be gone!
(you can see the header in the last pic - that was before the sheetrock went up. It extends below the ceiling about 6 inches - in the pic you see the full 18" since the ceiling isn't closed up)
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| Posted 7/27/05 8:36 PM |
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LMFitz
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Re: Baring Wall
You can also use steel beams. Slightly more expensive than micro-lam...but also smaller so the header reveal isn't as big.
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| Posted 7/27/05 10:09 PM |
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