DoubleWideDude
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I recently had a flood in the kitchen in a doublewide rental I own. Insurance is paying for new floors and bottom cabinets, and I see this as a chance to make the kitchen a little bigger by moving one of the walls over to accomodate another 18" cabinet, and turn the island 90° to make it longer.
Here's a picture of the kitchen, and the dining room next to it:
I want to take out the half wall with the window in it that separates the dining room from the living room:
and also move the wall between the dining room and kitchen (with the refrigerator in it in the first picture)
over 18", but I'm not sure if they're load bearing.
I've researched double wide framing online, and it seems that the only load bearing point is the marriage line between the two sides, but I want to make doubly sure before I start tearing out walls.
I'm hoping that someone here is familiar with doublewide construction, and can tell me if it's safe to tear out these walls.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Here's a picture of the kitchen, and the dining room next to it:
I want to take out the half wall with the window in it that separates the dining room from the living room:
and also move the wall between the dining room and kitchen (with the refrigerator in it in the first picture)
over 18", but I'm not sure if they're load bearing.
I've researched double wide framing online, and it seems that the only load bearing point is the marriage line between the two sides, but I want to make doubly sure before I start tearing out walls.
I'm hoping that someone here is familiar with doublewide construction, and can tell me if it's safe to tear out these walls.
Any help is greatly appreciated.