Load-bearing brick walls will be several layers of brick thicker than a veneer wall. Weather damage to the wall is evident from a leaking roof drain. Type III ordinary construction ...

Professional contractors explain how to know if a wall is load-bearing before you start planning renovations to prevent heartbreak – and headaches, down the line.

To expand the occupancy left or right, you would remove the unpenetrated first-floor load-bearing masonry wall (in this case, the floor-one B-wall of the two-story occupancy).

When searching for a new home, the ideal property can sometimes be just one poorly positioned wall away from perfect. Sometimes, the solution is simple – just remove the wall – but when it ...

Züblin, a Germany-based construction engineering company and subsidiary of Putzmeister and Strabag, announced it constructed a building from a single 3D print with load-bearing concrete walls; a ...

If a wall turns out to be load-bearing, the workaround is to install some form of a concrete lintel or beam or steel joists to support the surface above before the wall can be shifted or removed.