Load-bearing wall removed for an open kitchen in {neighborhood}
Framing is done on our kitchen remodel in {neighborhood}. The wall between the kitchen and dining room was load-bearing, carrying the second-floor joists. We shored both sides, removed the wall, and installed an engineered LVL beam flush with the ceiling, carried by new posts down to footings in the basement. The framing inspection passed this week. Inside the wall we found an old ungrounded circuit spliced without a box, which our electrician replaced with a new run back to the panel. Next up is plumbing and electrical rough-in for the new island, then insulation and drywall.