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we are about to purchase a townhouse in clinton hill.
we did an inspection and found out there is a problem with the main beam at the basement.
it is an all-wood beam that is weak and there are some tracks of termites around it.
the engineer said we will have to replace it with a steel beam or to re-enforce it. also few of the poles need replacement (most of the poles were already replaced with steel ones).
did someone had any experience with something like that?
can anybody recommend a structural contractor that can deal with that? How much something like that costs?
thank you very much