Thursday, May 17, 2012

Removing an exterior bearing wall...all in a days work


When I arrived at the house in the morning...the exterior wall had been stripped of the siding the day before and Scott had started to remove the windows:


He had also constructed a temporary wall. 
to support the roof trusses while we remove and reframe the exterior bearing wall:


He built the temp wall about 4 feet in from the exterior wall- there are no nails or fasteners in the temp wall, its basically held together with friction



the exterior wall sheathing was removed:


then we attacked the framing:


opening up the entire exterior wall


We then installed a new 16' long beam to span the new windows and support the roof load:


framed out the new windows:


by the end of the day, the rain had started- we were able to install the plywood sheathing and get the wall closed in...next we install the windows!

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