Dear Pat: I see these makeover shows on television. I want to open up my kitchen to the family room, and it would be fun to knock out the wall myself. Someone said to be careful of bearing walls. What ...

Fact checked by Emily Estep Identifying a load-bearing wall is essential before you remove or alter it to change your home's layout. A load-bearing wall supports the structure above it, like floors or ...

Once you cut into a wall, you are no longer just decorating. You are exposing structure, wiring and safety systems that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Spruce / Kevin Norris Removing load-bearing walls is an important design tool for creating an open-plan house with fewer ...

Check the building plans. Without having seen the building I can't really make an educated guess, but it wouldnt surprise if some of the interior walls are load bearing. The walls that ARE load ...

Identifying load bearing walls doesn't always require an expert, but it does require keen observational skills. If you plan on making any modifications to your home, you have to first identify which ...

Dear Angie: How much does it cost to remove a load-bearing wall? In the basement of my home, there is a single concrete beam below the intersection of the living room, dining room and kitchen walls. I ...

Richard replaces a valve; Mauro paints a radiator cover; Tom discusses load bearing walls. Richard Trethewey travels to Salt Lake City to replace a shower valve he has never seen before in his career ...