Hello,
First post on the forum. I've found similar threads but not quite the answers I'm looking for
In conjunction with our kitchen renovation, we plan to open up an opening (900mm) between the kitchen and living room. On the floor plan of the townhouse, it is marked with an opening, and I know that some of the neighbors already have this opening installed. None of them have done it themselves, however, nor do they know how it was done or the function of the stud.
When I removed the plasterboard, there is a stud where a plasterboard seam was attached. Is there any way I can see if it is a load-bearing stud or if it has only served to hold up the plasterboard and thus can be removed? There is a beam in the ceiling that the stud is screwed into, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't even look like the beam rests on it.
We are relatively new here, and unfortunately, I don't have any more drawings of the townhouse at the moment.
Grateful for any input
First post on the forum. I've found similar threads but not quite the answers I'm looking for
In conjunction with our kitchen renovation, we plan to open up an opening (900mm) between the kitchen and living room. On the floor plan of the townhouse, it is marked with an opening, and I know that some of the neighbors already have this opening installed. None of them have done it themselves, however, nor do they know how it was done or the function of the stud.
When I removed the plasterboard, there is a stud where a plasterboard seam was attached. Is there any way I can see if it is a load-bearing stud or if it has only served to hold up the plasterboard and thus can be removed? There is a beam in the ceiling that the stud is screwed into, but as far as I can tell, it doesn't even look like the beam rests on it.
We are relatively new here, and unfortunately, I don't have any more drawings of the townhouse at the moment.
Grateful for any input
