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bearing wall
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Noun1.bearing wall - any wall supporting a floor or the roof of a building
support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"


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And, when is a load-bearing wall not a load-bearing wall, when revealed to be only one brick thick by a door that is ajar?
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In one instance, original plans for a load-bearing wall on top of a steel frame were scrapped after finding that the load drove the piles down too deeply.
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Because the mural isn't painted on a load-bearing wall, Kreutzer said, it can be removed without compromising the structural integrity of the Pardee House.
WESTERN MURAL MOVING FROM PARK; PARDEE HOUSE WORK PROMPTS RELOCATION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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