What is the Problem with Removing an Interior Wall that Most Homeowners Never Think About?
What is the Problem with Removing an Interior Wall that Most Homeowners Never Think About? Friday September 19, 2008Many homeowners would love to remove an interior wall or two and create the illusion of larger living space. Open floor plans have been popular in most houses in the last 50 years. But what is the problem with simply ripping out a wall? • The danger of removing a load-bearing wall, and the whole house falling down? Yes, but something else, too… • The danger of cutting electrical wires and electrocuting yourself? Yes, but… The answer: What to do with the floor underneath the wall? Usually, the flooring has been built around the wall, so there is really not much there. What is there will not match the rest of the flooring. Do not feel bad. This is a perennial problem, and some homeowners solve it with inventive means such as laying down decorative strips of wood or tile; re-laying the entire floor, or building other items in that space to cover it up (i.e., a kitchen co
