How To Open Up Kitchen With Load Bearing Wall. If it is, this is a more complicated project. Since this was a load bearing wall, we had to install a beam as explained in this tutorial from the family handyman.
If the wall is load bearing, a temporary wall will need to built using 2x8 plates on the floor and ceiling and 2x4 studs at an angle to support any weight touch up the drywall or plaster around the opening.
Opening up a bearing wall. Unsupported, the weight of the home can result in buckling and an unfortunate roof collapse. Discover costs to tear out interior non load bearing walls between two rooms or to open up the wall. Load bearing walls, on the other hand, must have the weight from above temporarily held up by props while a support is inserted in the wall above the proposed gap.