Load-bearing walls are also built with two-by-fours but also with two-by-sixes or two-by-eights. It's rarely necessary to build a partition wall thicker than 4 inches thick.

Removing a load-bearing wall helps homeowners widen doors, expand rooms, or improve traffic flow. Older houses especially have lots of walls and narrow doors. Taking down a load-bearing wall can ...

Kevin: So interior wall, non load bearing, do we have to do it 16 inches on center or could we mix it up? Nathan: No, you can mix it up. You could do 2 foot on center.

To get around the limitations created by the load-bearing wall, Louédin decided to turn it into a feature of the design. “I articulated the entire project around this wall and unfolded it like ...

This CPD session equips architects with essential knowledge on fire compliance, focusing on NCC requirements, passive fire ...

MIAMI – Several questions remain over how a construction crew ended up removing a load-bearing wall at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, causing a portion of the historic building’s third floor to ...