> The walls themselves shouldn't be a part of what makes the house "solid", that's the job of the framing behind the plaster or drywall. It's actually a fairly

> The walls themselves shouldn't be a part of what makes the house "solid", that's the job of the framing behind the plaster or drywall. It's actually a fairly recent trend to not build load-bearing walls anymore and instead really on a skeleton. Walks can very well be constructed to be load-bearing. But, as you indicate, the resulting building would be more difficult to modify.