Hi all,
I am new to the forum. I'd like to expand my son's room my widening the opening of his reach-in closet -- esentially, I want to remove the closet and just make it part of the room. This involves removing about a foot of wall to either side, plus maybe 18" of wall that is between the ceiling and the casing on top of the closet opening (I believe this is called a header??)
The room is on the 2nd story of our 1994 home. We are not the original owners, but I do have the original floor plans so I know that the 2nd floor hasn't been altered.
I understand that it is critical to determine whether these wall segments are load bearing. I am attaching a photo of our floor plan. My son's room is marked as "Bedroom #4."
Can anyone help me out? The attic joists do run perpendicular to the closet opening however I don't know whether perhaps the load is being borne by the back wall of the closet??
I am new to the forum. I'd like to expand my son's room my widening the opening of his reach-in closet -- esentially, I want to remove the closet and just make it part of the room. This involves removing about a foot of wall to either side, plus maybe 18" of wall that is between the ceiling and the casing on top of the closet opening (I believe this is called a header??)
The room is on the 2nd story of our 1994 home. We are not the original owners, but I do have the original floor plans so I know that the 2nd floor hasn't been altered.
I understand that it is critical to determine whether these wall segments are load bearing. I am attaching a photo of our floor plan. My son's room is marked as "Bedroom #4."
Can anyone help me out? The attic joists do run perpendicular to the closet opening however I don't know whether perhaps the load is being borne by the back wall of the closet??