I’m only talking about load bearing.
I’m not knocking down any walls on my own don’t worry.
I only was wondering if load bearing walls typically have the supports a few feet apart across the wall that a doorway can easily be cut out, but it seems the answer is no, the supports, or columns inside the wall are typically closer together.
In Florida our one story homes typically have no interior load baring walls so I just wasn’t familiar with what they are like behind the sheet rock.
We put in a bid on a house in TN that we would have wanted to widen a doorway, but I think part of the wall was likely load bearing. We were outbid. We put in an offer $100k over asking! Other bids were $200k and almost $300k above asking. The market there is insane.
Doesn’t matter about the TN house, because I want to know about the walls for the future anyway.
When I think of the house I grew up in (3 story including basement) there were single columns in the basement helping to support the house that were far apart. There were likely support “walls” also.