I feel like part of the story is missing. Did he remove the stud and learn the h...

jefftk · on July 20, 2023

>> How did you find out the closet partition stud was load bearing, in the end ?

> I tried to cut it and it started to bind the saw. I stopped and thought, and then did not cut anymore until I had shored up the upstairs.

https://www.jefftk.com/p/accidentally-load-bearing#fb-231219...

h2odragon · on July 20, 2023

A smack with a hammer can tell you all sorts of things. If the board is rotten; some is likely to come off. If it's under tension it'll sing out with a resonance absent from a board carrying only its own weight.

In your circumstance, the board should have had some wiggle but prolly wouldn't have.

Ensorceled · on July 20, 2023

>> I tried to cut it and it started to bind the saw. I stopped and thought, and then did not cut anymore until I had shored up the upstairs.

This is exactly I found out that a stud was now load bearing.