Load Bearing Wall Parallel To Floor Joists

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Load bearing wall parallel to floor joists.

This wall is running parallel to the floor joists above see picture 4. Wall runs parallel to the floor joists in the basement the wall that runs on center through the house which i know to be load bearing directly above the main support beam in the basement is 2x6. This wall is 2x4. Joists and rafters want to be oriented to span the shortest distance.

Score 1 for being load bearing. It looks as if when the addition was added a 12 joist was run above. I have a wall that was once exterior before additions. Walls parallel to floor joists can be load bearing.

When i draw plans i locate joists under bearing walls only for parallel walls off layout but i do it with two joists spaced apart the depth of wallplates above. Score 1 for being non load bearing. I want to place a support beam as if it still is load bearing as i believe it is still structurally important. But if the wall runs perpendicular at a 90 degree angle to the joists there is a good chance that it is load bearing.

Watch my bearing wall id video below. Learn how to tell if a wall is load bearing or not plus general advice on load bearing walls safe floor joist spans and the associated building regulations for floor joists. Thus for a 2x4 bearing wall two joists are below spaced 3 1 2 apart directly under. I do not know how to put up a temporary support wall while the existing wall is removed because if ran parallel to existing wall no joists would rest upon it.

The special considerations involved in building a wall where joists are parallel include how to anchor the wall to the underside of the joists and how to provide a nailing surface for ceiling coverings along the wall s upper. However there is a large double 2x10 header above the entry way see picture 4 in this wall supported by a jack stud on either end see picture 5.