How To Remove a Non-Load Bearing Wall
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
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Shannon from www.house-impr... shows you how to remove a non-load-bearing wall in a house. Be sure to watch our previous video on how to determine if a wall is load bearing. If you have any doubts on your project, please consult a professional. Video © 2014 SKS Media.
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Finally! The builder screwed up my office and put a wall coming into the my far side of my office, now it’s just wasted space! Structural engineer said that’s not load bearing it’s just a framed wall with empty space behind it, with the wood floor that the builder installed. Thanks for the video 😎✌️
This dude is my favorite. Canadians are the best. I like how detailed he is and how he hammers down the nails as he removes things.
Canadians aren't the best
What I like about you is how clean and tidy you are with the renovation. I’ve been to sites where you have to watch where you step or you end up with nails in your feet or getting cut on rubbish. I also like how methodical you are and how you show how to do things. Great work🌸🌼🦋
Shannon has given me the courage to begin my diy home renovations and save tens of thousands. Thank you Shannon!
Glad to help
how did it go?
This helped a ton. I was able to remove a wall all by myself and save $600. Thank you.
Saving $600 is EXACTLY My Goal; hence I'm watching videos on how to do it myself!
Greg Lane what did you spend?
Sadly, $600 sounds like a bargain 7 years later.😂
Shannon is amazing. As a teacher myself, I'm impressed with his thoroughness and clarity. Thanks for all your help over the years!
I’m facing removing a wall and a closet next month. I used to be all gung ho about remodeling but these days I’m more careful because mistakes can cost big time. Thanks for the excellent work and I’m looking forward to rather than dreading this change.
This is great. I'm removing my first wall tomorrow (having carefully determined it wasn't load-bearing) and you've boosted my confidence considerably. Thanks, dude.
good luck
Thanks for being so methodical and clear in your directions. You have helped me through several successful DIY home projects so far. I appreciate the tutorials!!
I said all that to say this, I am happy to see video. I am a licensed female contractor and I started a project where I wanted to open a room. I am doing it by myself with no help just knowledge and watching the other guys do the work. Since seeing the video I am on the right track. I am watching your other videos!
you're licensed as a female contractor? strange...
Satisfying to watch someone who is good at their job doing what they do.
I just removed a wall and I had no idea how to remove that double top plate. I knew it would be a tough job and your video provided those steps that I needed to complete the task!
Thanks for being genuine. A Junior DIY like myself is reassured of some of the challenges faced when doing something that seems simple and straight forward.
A general contractor is charging us $8,500 to have our non loadbearing wall removed. Said we still need support beams and to redistribute the weight even if it’s non loadbearing. Has anyone else ever been told this? My wife and I plan to do it ourselves. $8,500 seems way too expensive. This video is a huge help.
If its truly non load bearing then what weight are they re distributing?
I can’t believe I finally stumbled onto a youtube channel that is going to help me tremendously. I’m tearing out a wall between two walk in closets and this helped me so much. Thanks and I subscribed. I will be using many more of your videos in the future in particular your bathroom remodel videos. Thanks again!
Welcome aboard!
Best basic video you can watch. Most people have a sticky stuck moment. But you show the base which is a Great building block (punt intended). Thx. Hope you have a great week.
Man!! I'm glad I stumbled onto your video. I'm old. My wife (of 50 vears) just told me ^ You need to knock that wall out and make our living room bigger." Did I mention that I'm ignorant too? I'm sitting there dreading having to frame up a multi thickness wooden beam. Oh Gawd.
Then you show me...JUST KNOCK IT OUT AND FILL HOLES IN. Even 75 and stupid might be able to handle that. The second i finished your video, I subbed up. I'm still trying to learn how to fix and do stuff myself while I still can. Your channel will help.Thanks
As long as it is not a support wall.
Shannon is my favorite youtube-DIY guru
One of the best channels out there, thanks so much. Your instructions are perfect, and you have a great ability to teach and explain things. Thanks again!
I put a beam in my house but mine was load bearing. Its crazy that they notched the beam too. Great Video's Shannon keep it up if your in the trades you can always learn something new.
We love your videos. You give us the courage to tackle all this work on our own. Bonus points for being Canadian!
When I have a question about improvements on my Old House I watch Shannon's UA-cam site. What a blessing. Thanks Shannon
THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH SHANNON for your videos !!!!!!!! They are extremely helpful!! I LOVE how you explain what you are doing and why, AND ALSO how you repeatedly push safety is very reassuring!! YOU ABSOLUTELY ROCK🤩🤩!!!
i'm getting ready to remodel the kitchen for my wife, this info help out a lot - thanks!
Great vid. Removing some walls for my in laws, this helped a lot. Found out one of the walls had daisy chain wiring. Glad I saw this.
Great video, super helpful, I was going to pay someone to remove a similar wall. Having seen this, I now feel confident to to have a go myself. You’ve just saved me a few grand $ 👍
Glad it was helpful!
I renovated my kitchen in October and ripped a wall down. It's really important to bend the nails down. I had a small accident by not doing that. Thank you for another enlightening video Shannon.
Very helpful in plan to expand a basement workshop space (remove a wall, and build another separator wall into furnace room).
This my first experience watching this very informative video. Thank you
Not the most exciting videos but i really like this guy.
This and the prev video were very helpful. Thank you! I have to remove a not-to-code basement wall so the guys can get in to replace my dead furnace. I think I'll cut the studs at the top and bottom so I can reuse it.
Shannon you are excellent carpenter and I learned lots from looking at your video thanking you very much
Love how you explained step by step.. and your about safety first 👌🏻
We try to be safe but sometimes we forget the odd thing
Thanks so much for this! Super helpful and well explained. So many videos on this subject are not done professionally, so this is a great teaching/learning video. :)
Did you do a video about how to disconnect those wires that are still hanging at the attic junction box?
Shannon is the best love all his video's found them very helpful........great stuff
+Carole Black Thumbs up
+Carole Black Thumb up again. Why not
My Tip. Go slow, Cut the wires last just in case you just want to move a switch or outlet, and you can always leave the 2x4s in the ceiling and wrap them to look nice if your not confident or you're scared to bust the drywall. I learned the hard way and don't have an attic to fix it also the hard way now I have 2 junction boxes and a 1x12 covering my ceiling.
Easy way to know if its load bearing or not is to look underneath in the crawl space or basement. If that header and post were load bearing it should transfer all the way down to the floor or another support.
Also I think all the joists should be going perpendicular to load bearing walls as well, to transfer weight from above to the wall and from the wall through the floor.
Thank you for your videos. Very straight to the point. Really helped me with my home projects. Merry Christmas Shannon.
Love this video. We are doing the same, separating our kitchen, living room, and dining area. You helped a lot with this how to video. Just subbed
Shannon, Thank you for all your videos. I came home today from a house I am trying to renovate, unsure if what I was doing was correct in trying to remove the studs. Your video showed me that I am on track. I did kinda enjoy it just a bit that you had a difficult time with the ceiling stud. It is the same problem I had today. I was really frustrated, but watching you let me know it can be done. Thank you again and keep up the videos!
Thanks Kristy, good luck with your project
Thanks for the tip on how to remove the wall but how do you keep the insulation up in the attic and finish the ceiling.?
Love the content and patience in completing the job. And to do it with no gloves. Oh yeah I subbed
I don't even need to do this at the moment, but it was a pleasure to watch.
Thank you so much for your efforts.
Cheers from the Olympic Peninsula in the wet state of Washington, USA.
Thanks for watching
Hi Shannon: Thank you for sharing your great tips! My question is how do I remove an interior door jamb? Where do I start? I might need to reuse the jamb again. Thanks for the help!
Christine Taylor Remove the trim and then use a reciprocating saw to cut all nails that were used to secure the jamb to the opening. After those nails are cut you should be able to get the frame out. If you have more questions please use my forum.www.house-improvements.com/forums/
HouseImprovements Hi Shannon, can you move the existing electrical just by simply disconnecting it from the studs and moving it to ANOTHER wall if the wires are long enough ?
Is this dangerous to do ?
Shannon,
Thank you so much for the videos. We recently purchased our first home and wanted to remove a wall to open up one of the back rooms. Your video helped us from start to finish.
Thanks for posting this. Going to save me a ton of time. I had planned on just using a sledge.
Good luck
Hi Shannon! Three thumbs up I just subscribed. I want to say that I think what you are doing here on youtube is amazing! You're helping so many people become knowledgeable about this kind of work and that is so selfless... your generosity is very rare. you are just such a gem! Great work. Just wanted to let you know we all notice and appreciate you here.. I wish you were here in Los Angeles we would hire you in a split second to update our home. So may unscrupulous contractors out here. Like swimming with the sharks.
Jenny Sendrey (d
I’d hire this guy to work on my house in a second...but I think Canada is a little too long of a commute. If he’s this thorough and patient doing demolition I can only imagine how his construction goes.
Very Helpful and detailed. Soon to start my renovations. Thank You Shannon!
Another great video, thanks Shannon
Im glad you are clear with your instructions. One question, Why doesn't any contractor cut closer to the top or bottom of the 2x4s to salvage for later junk type usage?
You could for sure, this old lumber is usually not great for re use so I hardly ever keep it.
Thanks for getting back to me. One more question, I have been researching and no one has done a video about it. They all say it can't be done, or they don't do it. But all of the Home improvement shows, they open the floor plan regardless of where the plumbing is.... That being said, I have kitchen soffits that I absolutely hate!. I want to get rid of them but of course there is a 4" sewer pipe starting in the middle and running to another adjoining wall to the basement. I want to upgrade my cabinets to make them go to the ceiling and can't because of this stinking pipe. BTW, the pipe is above the cabinets that are against the exterior wall. House was built with 2x4 stud walls with metal diagnal on exterior walls for support? the rafters are only 2x6s? I don't know how this is up to codes but it was built in 1991-92. I had a contractor out who said he could move the soffit back but would still stick out 1-2"'s beyond the kitchen cabinets because the pipe is out pretty far from the exterior wall.. Soffits are stupid and makes the kitchen look smaller. .
You are a great teacher. Thank you.
I did this to expand my kitche.. how do I patch the gaps that the boards came off? Drywall?
Another great video Shanon. I'm also planning on removing a non-load bearing wall, since open concept is all the rage these days. My partition wall is between living room and dining room. I am eager to see how you are going to patch that popcorn ceiling, since I also have popcorn ceiling between the living room and dining room.
I have only done popcorn ceiling patch once (used a spray can) and it was a mess.
I actually will not be patching the popcorn. I am building a small bulkhead where the wall used to be. This is the best way to make things look nice ,because as you have found out , trying to patch into old popcorn is tough to make look right.
great vid Appreciate all of the wall removal ones
Thank you for the great video. It was very informative. Now all I have
to do is get my husband to do it..lol
Great video, you could reuse the wood if cut on the nailing plate
Great vids sir. Next week I will do my first demolition . I thought I will be just hammered down everything. Lol
When you pulled that floor plate out it looked like the joists underneath were running perpendicular to the wall you removed which wld make it load bearing no ?
How do you repair the gap? Video??? Thanks!!!! You’re awesome!!! I did exactly what you did and worked perfect! Just need to repair the gap.
at the ceiling i build a false drywall covered beam that hung down about 12" from the ceiling.
Got it
The best video. Thank you.
This was very helpful. Thank you!
Just wanted to thank you for taking the time to film this!
That wall and header was giving the structure continuity from wall to wall. That is why woody should have gone to an engineer first, there must be a whole LOTTS of nail pops in the ceiling these days.
Awesome guy! So professional!
Awesome video, thank you for creating!
Hey Shannon. Are you possibly going to do a video on removing a load bearing wall? Love your vids. Thanks.
not in the works right now but if it ever comes along we will.
HouseImprovements Thanks. you're awesome!
3:45 I cringed when he cut those wires LOL. Wire prices are ridiculous now! It's $150 for 250 feet LOL. I'm like save that stuff for another day bro! 😂 Great video :)
I might have cut the studs closer to the ends or maybe go for the nails. For longer scrap pieces.
Cutting through those 2x4s like it was 2014.Ah, the good o'le days. A little different story in 2021.
Yes they are like unearthing gold bars in 2021! LOL.
What did u end up doing with the air intake that was built into that wall I just removed a wall and on both sides it had one plus one on the floor can I just cover the ones up that was in the wall and keep the 15x 15 air intake that was in the floor. I have other air intakes in every bedroom to so there be 4 in total but there was 6
Yes,I re routed it under the new island that was added to that area.
A one-step work platform would have been a life saver!! Great clean work.
so is there not a solution if you are wanting to reuse the material? I have a wall with a doorway in the middle. one side of the wall I don't need. But the other side I need to keep because it is the shared wall with a closet. I cant see a way to just cut it in half because of the header above the door way and the fact that everything is tied into each other. Am I over thinking it?
Thanks! About to do this for my wall in between my kitchen and dining room. This is very helpful indeed!!! Even watched your drywall removal video on this wall. I'm just curious what the next steps will be in installing laminate flooring and then patching the drywall. I'm assuming I'll need to patch the floor somehow to make the subfloor level for the laminate flooring to lay on. Then, I'm betting that I'll need to remove a section of drywall about 16" wide so I can have somewhere to screw in the new drywall that will be patching the hole. This wall runs parallel with the trusses, and I've confirmed it's not load bearing.
please bring these questions to my forum on the website. It will be easier to answer you from there.Thanks. www.house-improvements.com
Good video, what about cold air return on the floor, close it or put air vents?
We re routed that to the kick space under an island .
Thanks for posting something of value.
Nice video. I was cheering you on every bit of the way!
+Pj Parker LOl, thanks
very informative mate
+Ramon III Guevara Thank you
Thanks!
Very helpful!
Can you remove a part of adjacent wall and stop when you get to the supporting beam. So create a partition for the supporting adjacent wall? Just to open up the space a bit?
Great video! Thank you. Im just about to remove a wall today and you just taught me how... lol I know scary right.
Did your ceiling hang ? After you removed the wall ???? Looks like it did
I just removed a wall from my kitchen to my living room there is a cold air intake built into the wall as well as in the floor there is a 12in by 12in register on the floor can I cover up the one that was built into the wall and just leave the one in the floor and it be OK there is other air intakes in every room so I don't think there will be a problem for the heat and a/c unti getting air intake..
If that duct did not lead to another room you should be fine.
Thanks, dad.
Thanks buddy!
How much does it cost to remove the wall between kitchen and family room to look open concept
Very helpful I will be doing this to a wall in my room!
Im struggling trying to get that 2nd layer of boards down, they were nailed from the top, and its giving me the fight of my life
Wow Where is this house located?? I have the same exact layout kitchen,dinning room and that wall!! and beam.. This video helped me see in my wall without taking it apart! Thanks So much!
HouseImprovements
I just bought a property and I am looking to open a window look through from the living room to the dinning room and add lights on the top of the frame, could you make a video on how to do that
Great video. Very informative. Thank you very much. DIY time for me!
Took out my closet, helped alot!
Theres a lot of comments about needing electric help. I'm just adding to them...I've been searching for weeks on how to remove the outlets and switches that are going away.
Do you have a video of refinishing this area after the wall was torn down? I can rip walls down all day, I'm just crap at fixing what's left over :/
Hey Shannon great videos, very informative.
Great video and very helpful, thank you
Your work is so neat
When you’re cutting the electrical wires, do you need to turn off the electrical panel?
That would be the safest.
Great video! Im about to remive a half wall from my kitchen. I have a question. There is a plug in the wall after capping off the power. Where can I put the wires? Do I just tuck them into the floor?
Absolutely not ! All live power wires must terminate in an approved junction box with a cover and wire nuts on the wires in the box and be accessible. So you need to be able to trace this wire and remove it back to an area that you can safely do this. Our forum is the best place for questions if you require more assistance.www.house-improvements.com/forums/
Do you have a video of the patch of the ceiling drywall? I’ve found that mudding up against that heavy texture is difficult/ annoying. Lots of skimming and sanding. Unless there’s a better approach out there that I’m missing.
No, sorry
@@HouseImprovements no problem. Thank you, sir!