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I just bought a brick building in PS. We were told by our engineer that we would eventually need to get the main structural support beam replaced, as it’s sagging. However, we have been told by some contractors that if we remove the sagging that the plaster walls above could crack. Is this something other people have done? Do we need to worry about it? The sag isn’t more than a couple inches at worst, but we just don’t want to start renovating our kitchen if we’re going to need to get the sagging fixed in the next few years anyway. We also don’t want to replace the beam if it isn’t necessary. Any thoughts?