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Load Bearing?

Posted by Chris Chadford, on
How will I know if a wooden stud wall is loadbearing?

martin wilburn

Hi Chris A standard timber and plaster board wall is not load bearing as this is not a structural structure. For a stud wall to be structural it would need to have plywood fixed to it to give it strength, no plywood no structural wall

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