I am working on renovating my dining room and while tearing out drywall I found a diagonal cut-in brace which is running from the front of the house along side an exterior wall.
I am trying to remove the wall so the entry door and the dining room entrance is a flat wall.
Here is a picture of what currently exists:
Can I cut the bottom of the cut-in brace or is there another way that I could frame out the front section to keep the added support for the exterior wall?