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Address Load-Bearing Walls and Electrical Panel

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Creating Open Concept in 6 Old Abandoned House

What happens here

During demolition, inspect the ceiling joists and wall framing to determine if any walls are load-bearing. If a wall is found to be load-bearing (e.g., supporting the ridge of the roof), note that it cannot be removed without significant structural modifications, potentially requiring a beam. Also, identify any electrical panels within the demolition zone. For safety and compliance, decide to hire a licensed electrician to safely disconnect, relocate, or upgrade the electrical panel, rather than attempting to do it yourself.

Goal: Identify load-bearing walls through visual inspection of ceiling joists and framing, and decide to call a professional electrician for any electrical panel relocation.

Tools and materials

  • Gloves
  • Respirator
  • Safety Glasses

What they say

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miracle oh this is a low bearing wall this is not good this is this is this my worst fear came to be true uh this wall is load bearing it's actually got the center line going and it's bracing the the ridge itself so I can't do anything about that wall and the ceilings are low enough for me to put a beam in so it makes no sense now however this section right here is not load bearing it's not holding anything up and that's already connected both sides of the ceiling Joy so we can knock down this section of the wall this section of the wall and at least it'll open up the section by like what 4T which is a lot more than it was before man this is well this is why demo day is so important you got to open everything up and see what you can work with and what you can't [Music] I was so excited to start working on the inside cuz I felt it was more put together than the garage but here there's like piece on piece stacked together so you don't know what was here before what was here glued on what kind of hodge podge are we working with you know what that is that's the original sighting that's running through here which to me tells me that this used to be blocked off unfreaking [Music] so this is the first official header that I've actually seen in three different doorways that were built here that did not include one this is the first official one there's not one over here into the g into the attic into the basement sorry tired sorry s like a pig there was n one right here and there's not one that was in the Overflow storage first one is right here rain and insulation good thing he doesn't have asbestos cuz I got to check boy would i' be scared out of my mind right now this wiring system is so funny to me because we have literally just a handful of cables we have the main power that's coming from the garage which is killed we have our 220 for a range and then we literally only have five cables that are powering everything else in this house that means every bedroom Outlet every bathroom outlet every ceiling light there's nothing there so I'm going to take this panel off figure out where to relocated and finally take the section off this is mindboggling how Wild this thing is all right uh after thinking about it I think this is above my pay grade I'm going to have an electrician come out move this thing somewhere maybe we'll put it in the basement maybe somewhere else but I really don't want to mess with this and screw anything up and regret in future so let's do the…

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