I live in a townhouse (condominium) with a basement for the past two years. Initially, the basement was just a dumping ground from the move.
Little by little, my partner and I have been clearing out the basement. This spring, we bought a wall-to-wall carpet for the large "hobby room." The sellers we bought the home from had one, but we had to throw it away because it was full of dog hair.
But we haven't been able to roll it out as we've had so much stuff there. During the vacation, we have cleared it out and finally got it in.
However, I discovered there's moisture at the bottom of the door frame. There was a "lip" from a threshold on both sides of the door frame, and both were moisture-damaged.
I don't know how far up the moisture goes, but I'm considering removing the entire door frame.
Sorry for the long explanation, but my question is if it's okay to remove the door frame or if it could be load-bearing?
From what I've read, it shouldn't be load-bearing, but since I've never done anything like this before, I don't want to just rush into it.
The terrace was built in the late '40s.
Picture of the door frame
Close-up of one side where I removed the "lip"
Ask if you need to know anything or want more pictures.
It would be extremely bad luck if that frame is load-bearing.
If the ceiling is tongue-and-groove, does it have a line of nails in line with the door opening?
If not, then there is no intermediate floor beam above the door opening.
We had the same problem in our basement. If you let the frame end a few mm above the floor, you'll get an air gap that dries out and prevents the moisture coming from the floor from reaching the wood.
