Load Bearing Wall Removal Contractor in Phoenix

Most of the companies that show up when you search for this work will only do a piece of it. Structural engineers will stamp a drawing but never swing a hammer. Demolition crews will open the wall but will not install the beam or pull the permit. Handymen will quote it cheap and skip both. Removing a load bearing wall is a structural alteration to your home, and it deserves a contractor who is licensed and accountable for the whole job.

What doing it right actually involves

• Structural engineering: a stamped plan sizing the beam and posts for the actual loads above your wall, not a guess.
• The building permit: pulled by us, under our license, so the work is inspected and on record when you sell the house.
• Temporary shoring: the loads above get supported before a single stud comes out.
• The right beam, installed right: LVL or steel per the engineering, with point loads carried down to proper footings.
• Everything the wall was hiding: rerouting the electrical, plumbing, or ductwork that almost always lives inside these walls.
• A finish you cannot find: drywall, texture, paint, and flooring transitions blended so no one can tell a wall ever stood there.

What it costs

Every honest answer starts with the span. The cost of removing a load bearing wall in Phoenix depends on how long the opening is, whether the engineering calls for LVL or steel, what is running inside the wall, whether your home is single story or two story, and how much finish work it takes to make the room whole again. A short opening with a clean wall cavity is a very different project than a twenty-foot steel beam under a second floor. We will give you a firm number after we see the wall, and the estimate costs you nothing.

How it works

1. Walkthrough

   We look at the wall, the loads above it, and what is likely running through it, then talk honestly about what you are in for.

2. Engineering and permit

   We coordinate the structural engineering and pull the permit under our license, ROC #367703.

3. The build

   Shoring up, wall out, beam in, utilities rerouted, inspections passed.

4. The finish

   Drywall, paint, and flooring blended in, and your new open floor plan handed back clean.

A load bearing wall removal is often the first move in a bigger transformation. If you are thinking beyond one wall, see our whole home remodeling and structural remodeling work, and feel free to verify our license first. We encourage it.