greetings,
we have room upstairs for which we plan to alter the entry way door. essentially, the room look like a rectangle (12x16). if one looks down upon it, and North is top, South bottom, etc. the existing single door is in the south-west quadrant of the room. due south of the room on the other side of the wall, we have a linen closet that currently has french double doors. we'd like to remove the existing single door (patching it with drywall, etc.) and punching through the wall between the existing linen closet and the room and make that into a new entry way (again it's a double door).
our concern is that the wall we want to punch through appears to be a load bearing wall (it runs perpendicular to the joists above it). is this a valid concern and if so, how can we remedy the transplant of this entry way?
thanks