Removing a Load Bearing Wall. Everything You Need To Know!

[@aaronjennings8385]

Using screws in combination with adhesive is often recommended for reducing floor squeaks. Screws help to clamp the subfloor tightly to the joists, ensuring a stronger and more stable connection. Nails can sometimes lead to squeaky floors over time due to withdrawal or movement, although this can be mitigated by using high-quality nails like ring shank nails and ensuring proper installation.

[@collinsdad8840]

Can somebody please explain why this was so satisfying to watch. I just couldn't stop. 😊

[@nicholasthibeault1729]

No fluff and solid method and the sound of the beam squeaking as he jacked it up, talk about a perfect cut damn. When you are good at what you do it's pretty damn satisfying to watch no matter what you are doing.

[@wadespringman6796]

Because they know what they are doing lol

[@j.t.5826]

You guys make it look so easy. Wish I learned alot of this when I was young.

[@jorglange2666]

Good work! One important thing to consider before making bigger openings is the loss of shear strenght especially with another big window close to the corner in the perpendicular wall. This requires engineering and would not pass where i live in the PNW.

[@kenfix2740]

I guess i missed the part where they poured 24x24x24 footers in the basement and new columns downstairs to support the new upstairs columns/loads...

[@nicholasthibeault1729]

A solid foundation wall should be able to hold the weight just fine they would have added maybe 2-3 bags of concrete to the probably 18"x18" foundation footing. I didn't catch the time stamp but at one point he ct away the exterior sheeting on an adjacent wall to add additional framing, that's something that was called out by an engineer which means all of this was approved by a engineer that has calculated every load and found this to be the necessary measures for the builder to follow.

[@GlobalThirtyseven]

I like the idea of using the old lumber in the temp wall. Build the temp wall as the old wall is removed. Then use that temp wall lumber in the new build. Less wasteful.

[@mikedavis4420]

I'm a 40+year carpenter that's stop on except I screw my temps easier to take apart less damage

[@71mrbigron]

Great job you guys, this video motivates me to take on my own do it self project!

[@robertelie1434]

Great job, this is a professional. Make difficult things look easy.

[@siliconvalleymetal]

Given that there’s a crawl space foundational support should have been poured on both sides of the beam to carry the new load.

[@CrisGomez-nd2iu]

I see a lot of DIY video content, this is one of the best. Maybe because I have a similar project in mind. Great detailed work, good camera angle.

[@matthewschultz4621]

Did engineer calculate beam size or can u provide some details

[@yootooberer]

I learn all of my structural engineering on KZbin.

[@randyjerrett3385]

Wow learning a lot with a word not being said !! Thank you so much!!’

[@kevinberniebarron7548]

Great job! Incredible video! I would love to do that to my house! Thanks for sharing! God bless all of you and your families

[@benttwisted210]

Looks good! In my state, code requires timber screws to be used in plied microlams now. No glue though, spot nail them, but, they have to be screwed from both sides, 16" OC & 6" vertical spacing, according to the size of the microlam. They're proud of those timber screws though!! 😳

[@ralphriffle1126]

He is converting from a uniform load to a concentrated loads. What is the total load on the new beam? What is the total tencil stregenth of the nails holding the beam together? At what force will the lateral deflection occured and each beam member will start to pull away from each other. Now the concentrated loads are carrying the roof load what is the loading factor on each post, R 1 and R2. I did not see any structural reinforcement to carry the load at these two points. It would have been nice to see the calculations

[@aaronjennings8385]

Interesting points. 😊Im not one for math myself, but they might have been wise to overbuild the vertical support for those laminate beams.

[@judynuno5694]

Nice clean work. LVL’s have a wax coating on them. So the use of adhesive without stripping the coating does little or nothing.

[@domaskconstruction]

Nice clean work! I do this every day

[@timnavarrette3274]

What about vent openings at the rafter ends at the wall? Air flow,let hot air out. Also insulation in the ceiling?R18 to be installed.

[@DaddyPig-cv3eu]

On the interlocking subfloor u made sure it locked in on the one side and did no blocks or something for the other side that I seen y?

[@patburns600]

Awesome work Buy an 18V caulking gun, may seem like a luxury item but its a great tool Ive used it installing wall panelling with PL premium .

[@Alex-jo9ix]

Do you need to build strong wall on both sides? Maybe you didn't have enough sheer strength

[@Ken-f8n]

Have done many things like this .good job guys...yes it's satisfing

[@EricEisner-bh5bb]

Great job! Perfect, I always enjoy your videos. It nice to see someone do it right from start to finish. Superb my friend

[@splanzza]

That Senco seems to be kicking some major ass and proving to be a great nailer uh? Great progress on the house. 👍

[@Jose-n1m5c]

What happened to concrete pads? City permits?

[@robertoaragon1506]

Looks nice but was it engineered

[@tonymoloney3223]

Do you not have acro props in the U.S??

[@kingfishstacy]

Haha it was like the angels were singing when that LVL flushed up snug! Need I say more? But lvls should be screwed together to prevent future separation.

[@Outdoor-Space]

Thank you! Beautiful showcase of skills and techniques. It's not an easy task, but most importantly, you guys make it look effortless and fun!

[@Scott-g9t]

Beam size and span?

[@LynnTimmerman]

Done that for almost 25 years. Mostly inside remodeling an painting, built decks an walk ways. Laid different types of flooring. Now I'm fully retired.

[@Chris-t9h7q]

Wasn't OSB - microlam. Might have put a piece of 3/8" flat steel between the layers and used carriage bolts, long span but nice work.

[@WillC3030]

Really nice work! Great channel. Lots of attention to detail. I love that everything is perfect but you still show little things like you nailed the microlam right where it needed to be cut. If you are doing a really big beam center a small steel plate on top on the bottle jack to distribute the load over the 2x4s they can split.

[@allred53]

Nice job. I was taught when using nail gun to not use more nails than I would drive by hand. Nails in sides of studs and cripples is not necessary. Tons of nails and he uses screws on ends of header. Need to nail top plate to header also

[@Martin-m6d]

I would have screwed the temp wall easier to take down and reuse the wood later

[@yodaiam1000]

Be cautious when nailing laminations of long beams together on the ground/floor. If the floor is not flat, the beam will end up with a bow. You can put the lamination together in place. Another option is to flip the beam over between laminations to minimize the bow. You can also laminate on edge but that is more awkward. It is kind of funny to see a bunch of guys lifting a long heavy beam to discover a 1" bow in it after it is all nailed and glued.

[@alanhawkins6913]

Why not put beam up against wall with kickers support thetear out wall then knock beam into place.

[@rickyhansen3822]

Great job guys.

[@sunoveristambul]

Very informative

[@christianlassen7027]

You guys are good. Great video.

[@markarita3]

I would've removed the bottle jacks after installing the jack posts, not before. Nice transformation though.

[@motohobo]

Do you not have or use acrows? Building a new stud wall and then taking it down again seems like unnecessary work and a waste of materials.

[@arthurkuhlmann924]

All in a good days work

[@daledoire268]

Nailed it!

[@danwilson6592]

Legend says he bought nails by the pallet

[@marcelaladez]

A little tip... lol use screws for a temp wall easier to remove lol

[@e.g.7705]

🤣😂 lady trying to kick the wall out FAIL. Man come along with one kick 🤣😂. Step aside lady this a man’s job.

[@collinsdad8840]

Liked and subscribed. 👍

[@alnelson1238]

Awesome 👌

[@KirbyG970]

Lmao “I’m good” 😂😂😂😂

[@Joseph-jt3vg]

I would have cut the new sheets of plywood and left the old intact. New wood sucks

[@garryallan824]

This should have been tagged, what not to do. There are so many deficiencies here.....🤔 Who did the load calculations for this beam? And who set the assembly pattern for those nails? Nobody Speced HeadLOK or through bolts? Did you follow R603.7? Are there footers supporting this load? What is the size of the opening and the size of the LVL? Supporting just roof load?

[@painting1989]

I see you got bored of tiling bathrooms and moved onto structural work, looks great buddy everything was done right. Only thing you didn’t show was what was supporting your jack studs and king stud underneath

[@vbsbkjer2]

No wonder these American homes blow away in the wind !

[@kirk9671]

What about sheer strength

[@joebaucom4537]

GREAT !

[@kirkberg-ug5np]

This floor will develope floor squeezing. Glue & screw, nails with work lose over time. I did new home warranty work for 20 years and every floor that I had to address for squeaks were all glued and nailed or just nailed. If your going to do it do it right the first time.

[@robertoaragon1506]

Leveling the header like that probably put a bow in the roof

[@mrdudejohnson]

2:02 rats the size of a dog

[@kevintewey1157]

No part of any trade should ever be a secret (unless it's not the correct method)

[@anthonyjeromejr.6808]

I’m lost on how they can’t measure where to cut the existing plywood in order to put the new plywood

[@kennethnettles6191]

Always use screws when building a "temp wall"

[@GlobalThirtyseven]

Or duplex nails.

[@tomgilberg8038]

Everything you need to know! *Proceeds to not say a word*

[@bknaps]

All that effort and skips the blocking where the new advantech subfloor meets the existing plywood subfloor😊

[@nicholasthibeault1729]

If you are looking for a good method to follow this is pretty close to perfect. If you are looking to be an armchair carpenter by criticizing someone method, you should probably go find a different video.

[@anthonyjeromejr.6808]

And it doesn’t look like Douglas fir number 1 or2 studs

[@arthurkuhlmann924]

Should have spax screwed the lvl,

[@kevintewey1157]

I don't know why my comment needed to be removed. Looks like i'm not going to be leaving comments or anyone anymore suffer the algorithm loss Oh , it was my comment about how bad the us house inventory is 😂 So I guess youtube can't cope or somebody else has a problem

[@kevintewey1157]

If I said "bet you're (something ) " I guess that would explain it

[@wethepeople3670]

Now go buy you another saw blade LOL

[@MadGodsBand]

Dude is way too eager with that nail gun. More nails does not always equal stronger join

[@vasileanghel1627]

Hello friend, the man has no job in hand. Why, when he puts the panels, he has to draw on the panel where the next ones will be hammered. With the flex you cut the nails not with the one that cuts the wood and so on.

[@Nas_ty2026]

What the hell are you talking about The guy did a great job

[@origin-d.g.9199]

Once you lay the board down you no longer know where the joists are underneath. Marking them beforehand means you’ll nail into a joist and no just through the board into nothing.

[@wckedliz]

😃👍❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@JoeBishop-x3q]

🤘👽

[@johnsanchezchew8766]

Wrong, where are the engineering calculations. You took our the shear out of the wall.. without shear wall wall.. There is a moment force for over turning.

[@marcelaladez]

Lol load baring wall yet no windows with header ?lol

[@eugeniolopez9189]

Tooooo much nails,screws, and wood.....

[@KDS5096]

That's an awful lot of nails you're going to have to remove later. Nailing it to the floor doesn't do any good looks like a newbie or you just like using your cats paw. You also could have took out every other stud and used it in your Temp wall. Instead of brand new Lumber. to each his own. Have fun

[@tideslider664]

I would use screws on that temp wall

[@funtime-gq8ju]

He did go a bit overboard but better safe then sorry I always say

[@mar9888z]

You clearly don’t know a thing about nothing

[@nicholasthibeault1729]

Reusing the studs to support the roof would have taken a good bit longer, in my area the cost of materials is pretty low whereas the cost of labor is expensive, no to mention they would have had to start demolition before the roof was secured at all. And if you call him a newbie when YOU expect him to use a cats paw on every nail instead of a 4' pry bar to just pop the whole damn 2"x6" nails and all, in probably 30 seconds, I ask you; sir who here is the newbie? P.s. a seasoned carpenter is most likely strong enough to remove it with a quality framing hammer and save the walk to the truck. And now you know. Edit: guess neither of us had watched the video all the way through when we commented because he popped them bitches off with a framing hammer in no time flat IN THE VIDEO lmao

[@RezSoxBaseball]

No Ryobi tools were used in the filming of this video. Thats how i know hes a pro.

[@AleManny-x1g]

Due legni e 4 chiodi e la casa è fatta.... Voi siete pazzi

[@matthewlydon5772]

Did anyone else notice this video uses a stupid amount of nails almost everywhere?

[@kevintewey1157]

❤ communist ❤😂 Thanks man.

[@79TEOG]

Folks use screws not nails

[@michaeldegroot7550]

Americans and their osb boards and nails. No wonder everything falls apart in a big storm.

[@philv3941]

It all looks like a theatrical set that could be dismantled with a loud bang.

[@izwhatitiz105]

They are 💩 joiners

[@HotRod53-o3g]

Yeah, using stone would be much better, last longer and my great, grandkids could move in then!

[@philv3941]

@@HotRod53-o3g no need stones, a whole planet uses stronger stuff than your cardboard walls

[@HotRod53-o3g]

How did you know i live in a refrigerator box...wait...your that guy right? I see you at the dump.!! ​@@philv3941

[@jeffs4817]

Any specific engineering on that beam span including fasteners and pattern? Or, you just like your nail gun and gonna trust those hold....joke

[@billyscott7769]

Better than your staw and mud

[@jjranger5022]

Was doing this before u where born