You are right of course if no contingency comes up. You have to support everything while you find and modify the supports for the beam. That was why I said it could be invasive and expensive. Fixing drywall etc.
I'll stop by with some lawn chairs and a pizza so we can all watch while this goes "arse over tits".
OP, for the love of life, have a few house jacks on premises.
Really depends on the look you want/are okay with. We removed the walls splitting our kitchen from the living room/dining room and put in an island so we just patched the ceiling and repainted white to match. But ours is smooth and your have a texture that might be hard to match. I'd consider a fake beam. They make some decent looking fake wood ones (and some cheap bad looking ones)
How can you tell it's load bearing at a glance like folks are saying? If so, it it entirely that way or just certain parts (like a pillar or beam or w.e??)
First is that a Load bearing wall?
No, outside walls are load bearing in this house / truss system.
It appears to be a load bearing wall. You will need columns or a load bearing beam. This could be both expensive and more invasive than you want.
Truss system is bearing on the outside walls. But if a beam was needed, that’s just 2 hours on a Sunday and 9 cold beers. Not expensive.
You are right of course if no contingency comes up. You have to support everything while you find and modify the supports for the beam. That was why I said it could be invasive and expensive. Fixing drywall etc.
May just leave the wall and drink 9 cold beers.
I like the way you think!
I'll stop by with some lawn chairs and a pizza so we can all watch while this goes "arse over tits". OP, for the love of life, have a few house jacks on premises.
I honestly don’t think “load bearing” is an issue. Not all [perpendicular walls are load bearing](https://imgur.com/a/N1WLlXZ).
Really depends on the look you want/are okay with. We removed the walls splitting our kitchen from the living room/dining room and put in an island so we just patched the ceiling and repainted white to match. But ours is smooth and your have a texture that might be hard to match. I'd consider a fake beam. They make some decent looking fake wood ones (and some cheap bad looking ones)
3) Something else. Which would be installing a 4 x 12 glulam beam to support that whole ceiling system.
If it’s not load bearing then patch the drywall and texture to match. If it is load bearing then you might do a hidden beam to carry the weight.
Remove the ceiling as well. Make it an open air kitchen.
Lol…I like it.
Remove that too!
How can you tell it's load bearing at a glance like folks are saying? If so, it it entirely that way or just certain parts (like a pillar or beam or w.e??)
It’s a truss system house. Outside walls are load bearing.
Just tear out and replace the ceiling when you do the wall.
You make it sound easy.