Rough layout of existing house:
Exterior walls are concrete block with
stucco finish.
Interior walls are 2X4 stud.
Pic of house looking North West.
To scale layout of rooms adjacent to
construction area
and location of desired wall to remove.
The Wall, looking East from patio.
*Wall is 8" block with about 1" of stucco on either side.
*My architect presumes I have a solid concrete header, concrete filled around door and one column about 4' from door filled with concrete, as depicted in below pictures.
*Rebar in footer and in the 9" section between door and north patio wall.
*Note the girder truss (labeled triple truss) in pictures further down the page, I colored it red. It sits on the middle of the "T" joining of walls and is 5" away from north cut line. Architect/engineer says wall to remove is not load bearing
The wall. looking west from garage.
Top view
Rough layout of desired new room walls &
smaller patio.
Note new patio east wall will be screen.
Pic looking north from inside patio.
Pic looking south east from inside garage. The door to patio is on the left of picture.
Looking North West from outside Patio:
