I Took Down A Wall I Probably Should Not Have Taken Down
Central Illinois
It was load bearing. We are fine. The wall is not.
The plan was simple: open up the living room, add a header, look like a genius on camera.
About twelve minutes into demo I found the thing you never want to find, which is a wall doing an actual job.
We stopped, we called a guy, we did it properly with a real beam and real posts and a real permit. It cost about four times the original estimate and took three extra weeks.
The room looks incredible now. I would still say do not do this yourself unless you enjoy the specific flavor of stress that comes with holding up a ceiling.
Want to see what I do next?
Probably food. Maybe a building. Possibly something stupid.
