Quote:
Originally Posted by puffnstuff
Load bearing? Is it the outside wall, as in, against the foundation wall? The foundation wall is load bearing, the basement wall framing should not be. If it actually is bearing weight, you can build a temporary wall a couple feet away to carry the load while you fix it.
Is this by the stairs into the basement by chance?
|
Sorry, I figured since it ran perpendicular to the floor joists it was load bearing (again I know very little about this kind of stuff
). You are exactly right, it is beside the stairs. Here is the bottom portion of that area (stairs are on the other side of that drywall):
And here's the upper portion:
