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What is the difference between load bearing and non load
bearing walls? How to distinguish both?

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What is the difference between load bearing and non load bearing walls? How to distinguish both?..

Answer / jai.vignesh

Load bearing walls:
It should transfer the load (live load,dead load) from
slab,beam,lintel etc,, to the foundation. This structure
designed for Loading condition.

Non Load bearing wall:
This wall won't take any load. It's just like a partition
between adjacent Space. this wall designed to take its self
weight alone

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What is the difference between load bearing and non load bearing walls? How to distinguish both?..

Answer / amit

any wall which touches the top slab , beam and lintel are called as load bearing wall,

non load bearing wall are those walls which we gernerlly keep it for elevation purpose..

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What is the difference between load bearing and non load bearing walls? How to distinguish both?..

Answer / jainender

simple load bearing wall have a load and non load bearing
is free standing.

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What is the difference between load bearing and non load bearing walls? How to distinguish both?..

Answer / akil ahmed

load bearing wall -it is defened as these wall take the
load of slab and beam.such as main wall those wall are
not take the load of beam and siab are called non bearing
wall

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What is the difference between load bearing and non load bearing walls? How to distinguish both?..

Answer / sanehit kaushal

Load bearing wall are the wall which can exist the load and than transfer to the foundation is called load bearing
Non load bearing wall which don't exist load there load is directly go by beam and columns is called non load bearing wall

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What is the difference between load bearing and non load bearing walls? How to distinguish both?..

Answer / madeva

Load transfer in the wall is called load bearing wall
Load transfer in the beam 2 column is called non bearing wall

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