The best way to make small or cramped rooms larger is to remove a wall between adjoining rooms. When you replace a load-bearing wall with a load-bearing beam, you create a larger, more useful ...

Since some of those walls might be keeping the rest of the house standing, it’s important to understand how load-bearing walls work and be able to identify them.

Wood beams can be treated with borate chemicals to minimize wood rot and prevent infestation by insects that can't harm steel. If you want to fasten something to a steel beam, it's a challenge.

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 ...

When a support beam is located directly below a wall, you can expect the wall to a bearing one. You will usually find this near the center of the house and running the length of the house.

If a wall is load-bearing, there are many more calculations to make before you can start opening up a space.

Professional contractors explain how to know if a wall is load-bearing before you start planning renovations to prevent heartbreak – and headaches, down the line ...

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 ...

Local news Know load-bearing walls before buying a house A professional architect needs to prescribe the exact type of support needed. This partly explains why these renovations are costly.