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thank you everyone. we are moving ahead with moving the left studs over. A local carpenter is going to do the work to move it and reinforce it in the basement. Thanks

The joists upstairs are ceiling joists. It's a ranch. no second floor. If there are wall braces - i don't see them anywhere. There is a metal beam in the basement to support the weight of the joists above.

nope, they run perpendicular to the wall and parallel to the joists in the ceiling.

interestingly enough, there absolutely nothing to reinforce this in the basement. Above are overlapping joists resting on the wall.

It's an answer. I don't like it, but it's an answer. Thanks.

If we do replace the space where the cripples are with a header - can we move the studs?

Does the sheetrock behind the post have a solid piece, or pieces of 2x4? Answer: there are 2 2x4 next to each other What does the top part of that wall look like behind the sheetrock also. I think there may be 2x4s stacked on top of each other, or is there a small beam under those short...

well, we simply can't afford an engineer. This is how the house was built and it's been this way for 60 years with no issues. On that note, i simply need to know if I can move over the right stud over. That simple. Second opinions?

wall pictures by inazinger - Photobucket Can someone tell me if i can remove the stud behind the header and move the one on right about 20 inches left? I am leaving the header alone. I can't afford the engineer and will take your advice.

BTW - the cost for an engineer is more than a couple of hours. We had 3 different ones tell us that the job will be between 15-20 hours. Most of them charge $90 and up.

Well, we had an engineer come over. Lets just say I am a cheap bastard and we won't be removing the header after all. However, he did think it was strange that there is nothing in the basement to reinforce the header. Anyways... here is a follow up question. If you look at the pics - there are...

We would like to remove the wall that has a support header or cut out much of a frame of that wall. We have a ranch that was built in 1954. We got advice from a couple of carpenter friends of ours on how to reinforce it from above before removing the header. My question is - is there still a...