“Load-bearing walls” is a myth made up by the carpenters’ union to scare people away from doing their own home improvements.
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@devxvda there are no straight lines in nature ...or my house!
@devxvda From your lips to my co-op board's ears.
I know you're trying to be funny, but it reminded me that years ago workers in a building near mine removed a load-bearing wall and the building collapsed, killing a few people.
I hope no one takes your post seriously.
@tomcapuder @devxvda We are not on X.
he/him @devxvda Place the tools on the floor and back away slowly
@devxvda Big Physics yet again with regulations and red tape.
@MarkMaguire @devxvda Western architecture is only about fighting gravity, it can’t be trusted. Holistic architecture will make you see how gravity is a state of mind.
@devxvda the entire house is canterlevered off *nothing*.
@Iwillyeah @devxvda Some friends who own a 250 year old English cottage discovered exactly that. Beams resting on beams, resting on .. nothing!
@devxvda Also load bearing walls are often easier to reliably identify than load bearing cron jobs, though the effects of removing either can ruin a person's weekend.