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Dan Espen[_2_]

Doug Miller writes:

"TomR" wrote in :

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On Fri, 19 Feb 2016 11:01:23 -0800 (PST), wrote:

Little chance its water damage, however, it is possible that there
was some structural work done in this area before I owned the
house. We think there had once been a wall between the living room
and the kitchen that wall was removed, and if so it would have
stood right about there.

And it was likely a "load bearing" wall. There is definitely a
structural issue there somewhere - the problem is a lot deeper than
just drywall.

How do you know it was a load bearing wall from the photo?

Because removing a non-load-bearing wall wouldn't produce damage that
extensive.

I think you've hit the bulls eye.

The crack looks like load bearing wall was removed.
The ceiling and wall are moving.

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Dan Espen