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We will be framing a walk out basement wall for a sectional home. The home requires that it rest on 4 posts that are set back in from the framed wall 4 inches. So the wall will not be a load bearing wall. I know that on the interior walls that a nonload wall the headers can just be a 2×4 horizontal with vertical cripples. I imagine that this would be sufficient in this case also, but wonder if for any reason this would be against code since it is an exterior wall. I cant think of any other case where an exterior wall wouldn’t be load bearing? Anyway I don’t want to start out on the wrong foot with the building inspector (who is also the tax assessor, and we wont EVEN go there!) Thank you for advice.
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load bearing is load bearing .. if it ain't it ain't...so it just becomes a partition.. look it up in your jurisdictions code...
don't have a copy... get one..
it's your bible and the inspectors...
*Bowser,>>I cant think of any other case where an exterior wall wouldn't be load bearing? Gable walls are not load bearing.Jerry
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We will be framing a walk out basement wall for a sectional home. The home requires that it rest on 4 posts that are set back in from the framed wall 4 inches. So the wall will not be a load bearing wall. I know that on the interior walls that a nonload wall the headers can just be a 2x4 horizontal with vertical cripples. I imagine that this would be sufficient in this case also, but wonder if for any reason this would be against code since it is an exterior wall. I cant think of any other case where an exterior wall wouldn't be load bearing? Anyway I don't want to start out on the wrong foot with the building inspector (who is also the tax assessor, and we wont EVEN go there!) Thank you for advice.