Home Help. Is this weight bearing?

[in. pred]

case the opening to match the rest and be done with it in a day. lol


40yr drywall finishers tip for best results:
dont have ANY hump in the rock thats hung!!!! it needs to be flush or less than existing surface to finish out nice. it is 10x easier to patch a dip than a hump! so frame it in or cut it out with that in mind. even a 1/16" hump, that close to existing trim, can be troublesome to finish out perfect. little hump mite seem easy to mud away. but sometimes its not. and when its not, it never looks rite.

put the correct one piece 1x trim along stair sides. those chunks of trim got to go.

 

[sandyut]

If you're talking the half wall in that same staircase, you may find a load bearing member. It appears there is a closet built in over the staircase.

We are having a stair company out to do a bunch of wood work, including removing the half wall. they seem to think it wont be an issue.