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I'm looking to tear down the wall between my kitchen and dining room, and I'm wondering if it's load bearing. If so, it's a 9' section that I want to remove. Would two 2x10s with 1/2" plywood between them be sufficient, or would I need to go with either 2x12s or LVLs? See the pictures below. And if you need, I can take a picture of the floor joists from the basement. This is the first floor of a two story colonial.

Thanks! Chris celing

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Jack
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I wouldn't trust a random individual on the internet to correctly identify bearing walls. There are general guidelines for identifying bearing walls, but many exceptions to the rules.

Get a competent person in your kitchen to look at the structure. From there, you can figure out the engineering.

Aloysius Defenestrate
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