I realize the question is usually "can I take down this wall" or "is this wall load bearing"...
The wall between our kitchen and bathroom is non load bearing and I would like to make it (or at least a portion of it) load bearing. Home was built in the 50's. Single story ranch on a slab. Studs are 16"OC, joists & rafters are 19.2"OC. Wall between bathroom and kitchen has a 1x3 furring strip running along the slab as a footer/sill plate, 16"OC 2x3's for studs and there are no top plates or headers, the 2x3's are nailed to a 1x3 furring strip up top. This is wall between bathroom and kitchen so it also has toilet and bathroom sink. Sewer vent passes up through this wall and goes to the roof as well.
About 40" in from the door (third stud) there is a 2x6 offset to space the wall thickness out (to fit bathroom medicine cabinet & sewer vent. So from the door there is one 2x3 stud, 9"OC and then a second 2x3, 16"OC to a third 2x3 stud, and then 14.5" to a fourth 2x3 stud, and somewhat recessed but sistered to the 2x3 stud is a 2x6. (this is to provide additional depth for a refrigerator) After the 2x6 the wall breaks out into two load bearing walls with a 1.5" gap between them.
Between the weight of the tile and cabinets one PO hung, and the extreme cutting & notching of the 2x3's the next PO did (including cutting many of the cabinet hanging screws), the wall is somewhat FUBAR.
The wall runs between and parallel to the 19.2"OC ceiling joists. Meaning if I were to frame it out as a regular wall with 2x4's, the top plate(s) would be between and parallel to the ceiling joists. Just looking to secure the wall so that the cabinets don't fall off and use a little more robust lumber/framing that will accept a medicine cabinet and a few recessed cabinets.
Thanks.
Submitted March 08, 2017 at 03:38AM by vmuser123 http://ift.tt/2mD36gN HomeImprovement
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