GLOSSARY
Load-Bearing Wall
A load-bearing wall carries weight from the structure above it down to the foundation, unlike a partition that only divides space. In the records we hold the term appears where a wall is opened, removed or replaced and the structure above has to be carried.
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About Load-Bearing Wall
Drawings for work on a load-bearing wall show what the wall supports, the temporary support during construction, and the beam or header that takes over once the wall is open. Scope is driven by the width of the opening and by what sits above it, since a wider opening needs a deeper member and larger posts. Load-bearing wall records commonly appear with beam, framing and remodel headings.
FLORIDA PERMIT DATA
In the records
"load-bearing wall" appears in 690 matching permits in the Florida records we analyzed.
A permit can match more than one term, so these counts are not additive and adding two of them together overstates the total.
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