Summary： The load-bearing wall carries not only the weight of the house, but also the weight of life. While we pursue a better life in decorating our houses, we also need to have more consideration and consideration, and be responsible for our own and others' lives.

The load-bearing wall carries not only the weight of the house, but also the weight of life. While we pursue a better life in decorating our houses, we also need to have more consideration and consideration, and be responsible for our own and others' lives.

Recently, the incident of "200 households evacuated due to the demolition of load-bearing walls due to decoration" has attracted widespread attention from society.

On May 1st, the Urban Management and Administrative Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau of Songbei District, Harbin issued a notice stating that on April 28th, it received a report from the public regarding the unauthorized demolition and modification of a load-bearing wall in a house in the Limin Xueyuan community, and ordered the parties to stop their illegal activities and conduct a case investigation.

Recently, in response to this incident, a reporter from CCTV interviewed Li Husheng, a professor level senior engineer at the China Academy of Work Safety Sciences. Mr. Li Husheng stated that the local government has taken some emergency measures, and it is necessary to arrange for a house safety inspection and appraisal institution to conduct inspection and appraisal as soon as possible. Based on the appraisal conclusion, the house can be disposed of. If the overall structural safety is not affected, the smashed wall can be restored and reinforced, and the cracked wall can be repaired and restored. If the overall structure is no longer safe, it may need to be demolished and rebuilt.

In September 2021, the news of "Hangzhou Xiaoshan Guali One Community homeowners demolishing the load-bearing wall" rushed to the hot search. A homeowner in Hangwu Community, Guali Town, Xiaoshan, Hangzhou, accidentally knocked off the load-bearing wall during decoration, resulting in the entire building being rated as dangerous as Level D. The current structure of the building cannot meet the requirements for safe use and has become a dangerous building.

The Jiangsu Provincial People's Government established the "7.12" Four Seasons Open Source Hotel Auxiliary Room Collapse Investigation Team in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, and determined that the direct cause of the accident was the blind demolition of all load-bearing horizontal walls and the vast majority of internal longitudinal walls in the six bay basement without any reinforcement or safety measures. Causing the interruption of the force transmission path of the upper structure, the ring beams on the second floor were insufficient to withstand the loads transmitted from the upper second and third floor walls and the second floor, resulting in the continuous collapse of the auxiliary building from bottom to top.

Through the above cases, it is not difficult to find that the harm of privately smashing load-bearing walls far exceeds imagination. Once an accident occurs, the loss of life and property is no less than a mining accident.

If the load-bearing wall is not dismantled properly, it may cause serious harm to the structure and safety of the building. The following are possible risks and hazards:

Deformation or inclination of building structure: load-bearing walls are important components that support the weight and stabilize the structure of a building. Removing load-bearing walls may cause deformation or inclination of the building structure.

Partial or total collapse of buildings: If appropriate reinforcement measures are not taken or other problems occur after the removal of load-bearing walls, it may lead to partial or total collapse of the building, causing casualties and property damage.

Nearby buildings are affected: If a building with a load-bearing wall is demolished and connected to a nearby building, the demolition may have an impact on the structure and safety of the nearby building.

Unauthorized dismantling of load-bearing walls may affect the stability of the entire building, and even cause structural instability and collapse, endangering life safety. The load-bearing wall carries not only the weight of the house, but also the weight of life. Only by raising the public's awareness of housing safety, improving relevant laws and regulations, and adhering to the bottom line of structural safety, can tragedies no longer occur.

If the load-bearing wall is not dismantled properly, it may cause serious harm to the structure and safety of the building. The following are possible risks and hazards:

Deformation or inclination of building structure: load-bearing walls are important components that support the weight and stabilize the structure of a building. Removing load-bearing walls may cause deformation or inclination of the building structure.

Partial or total collapse of buildings: If appropriate reinforcement measures are not taken or other problems occur after the removal of load-bearing walls, it may lead to partial or total collapse of the building, causing casualties and property damage.

Nearby buildings are affected: If a building with a load-bearing wall is demolished and connected to a nearby building, the demolition may have an impact on the structure and safety of the nearby building.