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I'm currently in the process of knocking down a wall 8 ft across (circled in red in the drawing) to make the room named future den a larger room That is running near and in parallel with a beam 4 x 2x10 flush beam which runs 16' across over the room and staircase to the garage wall. enter image description here enter image description here

There few pretty funky things:

  • there 2 sistered joists attached to the flush beam with joist hangers but there 2 single joists attached to the flush beam without joist hangers. enter image description here enter image description here

  • few places where the wall meets the joist,and the top plate is not even tightly connect to the joists. enter image description here

I'm wondering if that wall is load-bearing or not? I would appreciate any help. Thanks

Bob T.
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It would not make sense to have a load bearing wall parallel to such a heavy built up beam. The beam is what is carrying the load.

It is also common for partition walls to be nailed to upper floor joists and not touch them. (The gap shows that the wall is obviously not bearing any load.)

That all said, I would add joist hangers to any member attached to the beam, that does not have a hanger. Split joist hangers would work well there where the member is blocked.

RMDman
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The joists above the wall in question appear to be hung (either by metal joist hangers or toenailing) from the built-up beam nearby. Those joists appear to be the only possible "load" on the wall. Therefore, not load-bearing.

kreemoweet
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