This is supposed to be a load-bearing wall. It wasn’t. It had been hastily reframed when they turned the dining room into bedroom 1 and the kitchen into bedroom 2. (Or, at least, I’m assuming this was the layout.) The framing to fill in the passageway from kitchen to dining was uneven, sticking out a quarter inch to the south. This might be good if you’re covering it with plaster – anything can be covered in plaster – but no good if you wish to sheath with drywall.
So Dave and I redid all the framing in the middle of this wall along with a double-bottom plate to help stabilize the levelness of the floor and squareness of the wall. PLSS, anyone? Because the house has been like this for 70-plus years, the levelness of the floor fell short by about 1/8 inch. (I couldn’t jack the above floor any more without breaking something.)
The wiring was disconnected and pulled. I’ll reroute the wiring later.
