[jefftk]

>> How did you find out the closet partition stud was load bearing, in the end ?

> I tried to cut it and it started to bind the saw. I stopped and thought, and then did not cut anymore until I had shored up the upstairs.

https://www.jefftk.com/p/accidentally-load-bearing#fb-231219...

[h2odragon]

A smack with a hammer can tell you all sorts of things. If the board is rotten; some is likely to come off. If it's under tension it'll sing out with a resonance absent from a board carrying only its own weight.

In your circumstance, the board should have had some wiggle but prolly wouldn't have.

[Ensorceled]

>> I tried to cut it and it started to bind the saw. I stopped and thought, and then did not cut anymore until I had shored up the upstairs.

This is exactly I found out that a stud was now load bearing.