Over the past two weeks, my wife and I have been stripping wallpaper and pulling up carpets in a house we just purchased. While stipping wall paper from the drywall in the dining room, I noticed that the walls where shallower than the cabinets on either side (see picture below). Not only that, but the walls flexed a little and sounded hollow. I decided to cut a couple of holes in the drywall near the floor to see whats up. Sure enough, there is a false wall over an old french door to the back porch. Some hack decided that instead of pulling out the old door frame and framing in the opening, they would just build a wall in front of it.
So here is my dilema. We have flooring people coming on Thursday to refinish the floors. Should I pull out the wall and properly enclose the door opening, or should I let sleeping dogs lie?
Opinions please!
Dan
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