I am looking to remove a set of stairs and the surrounding walls that run between our dining room and kitchen. The sets of stairs is one of two stairs going to the second floor that we have no use for. The stairs and walls run parallel with the joists above and below. The stairs are very narrow (maybe 30") so I believe they only had to cut back one joist to get the stairs in. My question is as follows: If the walls are not load bearing as I suspect, what is the process to repair the joist the was cut/repair the floor above? Do you install headers, double joists, and tail joists based on the size of the hole? Or do you underpin the joists, remove the cut joist and replace it across the entire span?
I understand that the situation could be very unique and require some crazy fix, but I was looking for the standard method.
This is my first post so be gentle.
Thanks in advance for the replies.
-Jason
I understand that the situation could be very unique and require some crazy fix, but I was looking for the standard method.
This is my first post so be gentle.
Thanks in advance for the replies.
-Jason