I used to watch so many reno shows and have never seen this done, they remove so many walls and just put in a beam.....What an eye opener. Thanks for the info.

Like all of your videos, this one is great and very informative…I’m a licensed general building contractor and a licensed general engineering contractor and I still learn a lot from your videos and get a lot of value out of all of them. Keep up the fantastic work, my man!

There are only like 1 or 2 times I couldn’t remove an entire load bearing wall because of lateral concerns and those were in luxury homes with a lot of windows. Most homes I’ve worked with had enough lateral capacity in the exterior walls, or we could beef up the exterior walls to get it to work. But this is an AMAZING PSA that always gets overlooked.

A Portal Frame sheer wall as you're suggest could also be as small as 16" on a single story home. They are generally much stronger at the extiror wall of a structure. Usually they are required to not be more then 12 feet the from the extiror wall. Its awesome that you make these videos informing people.

This is a much needed video, thanks. A couple comments. I would add, first step in cutting a slab is determining if it's prestressed. Just a thought. You may have seen a lot of videos of improper remodeling, I've had the pleasure of seeing dozens of them in person during inspections. Worst was a flat roof with a 12' diameter "swimming pool" due to removal of a wall and roof sag. What were they thinking??

Thank you for this video. Just discovered an interior sheer wall in my house (probably for earthquake movement) and this was very helpful

Hola por favor habiliten los subtitulos en español me parecen muy interesantes los videos. Gracias

That's awesome man..great video..thumps up

I am surprised to find someone on here that is against removing walls, as this person has said no one’s home has been blown over. To my knowledge Interior walls that are not load baring wall should be able to be removed with out any issues, since the exterior walls should be able designed to hold its self together strongly with out any non load baring interior walls! Load baring walls that have a proper sized beam stretching the length and resting on two ends should be over posts that distributes the weight down through the foundation footers that are usually found under load baring walls. this video is informative and definitely strengthens a home, but we all know that no developer makes homes this strong!

Hello, I want to remove a wall between living room and guest room and but the joist of the ceiling are overlap with each other but few of them in the middle of the wall are not same size and overlapped almost 2 ft after the wall that supports the ceiling joists, in that case what I should do if I put 2x10x16'? (note the length of the room is 32 ft and when I put the beam I need to have a post in almost the middle of the house or maybe if you have any videos describing how to combine two of 2x10x16 and combine/overlap to the rest of the beam that will be same size as the length of the room is 32 ft and as I said maybe a post need in the middle under where these 2 (2x10x20) meets)

If the non load wall is removed in a home built with trusses secured properly secured with hurricane straps. I would think the wind load is taken care of. But what you suggested is definitely much stronger but is it necessary?

Great video, thanks!!

Very interesting, Greg. Thank you. You discuss the reason a problem could exist is due to wind forces. Would seismic forces also pose similar risks? Thanks again.

Aren’t you supposed to have support columns on both sides of the beam that extend unobstructed from the beam down to the floor ???

Great video

You didn’t say anything about earthquakes. Is the issue more related to prolonged loads in one direction affecting an area of the structure that is the risk you want to deal with here?

such great videos, thanks greg!

Hiya .. Do shear panels on BOTH sides mean double the shear ? or is it still counted as 1 shear panel on that particular wall ???

Every removal and beam addition I've seen uses king and jack studs attached to the exterior walls, not directly on top of the sill plate. That keeps the beam lower and not on ceiling level and would most likely provide that shear strength necessary.

I appreciate the video,. wind was never a thought. as an electrical contractor, cutting concrete makes me cringe, plumbing, electrical, refrigeration and even prestress cables buried in concrete. And yes there is Xray but not many elect that option.(expense and time) I had the pleasure of killing several circuits for the IRS occupying the floor below(commercial bldg) talk about a lead ballon filled with farts in church

Greg’s obviously an engineer. An architect would’ve suggested adding a door.

Im confused. Doesnt that wall negate a open area concept?

What needs more lateral support a hurricane wall or an earthquake wall ?

Awesome!

Hey Greg, I am located in Florida. I am intermediate with the construction world. A family ask me if I would be able to knock down a wall on their 80s built manufacture home. I have pictures of the wall. To me it doesn’t look like a load bearing wall. I want to see if you can look at it based in those pictures. Do you have an email by any chance Greg. Can you help me with this. I try to find the right person to ask. I wasn’t able to over my end. I reach out so many engineer structural, contractors. Wasn’t able to locate the right individual. Can you please help me with this. Thanks

Where / how would an 18' wide garage with a 16' garage door get its lateral sheer strength?

🤯 I’ll just paint it

Shy. And here I am thinking how to layout my fence post. Lol

Do you have an email I can send pictures to you and ask questions?

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tere are very dangerous people giving dangerous advice to people....scary!