I worked for a builder for ten years.
I didn't do framing but did watch the Amish build houses, In the winter
they would put down the deck then put up the walls. They would build the
stairs then suspend them in the well. When the floor was poured two days
later they would let the stairs down & build the walls.
So the walls 'SHOULDN'T' be load bearing. When you cut your first stud
if your saw gets pinched in the cut you have a load bearing wall.
Jerry


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