An Engineer?
I am in a late 19th century double-wide brownstone coop (yes, I live in a “double-wide”). Anyway, about 15 years ago (before my time), the building had some movement and an I-beam was placed in the basement and apparently all was good – our floors are certainly not level, but no one seems to mind…
I am in a late 19th century double-wide brownstone coop (yes, I live in a “double-wide”). Anyway, about 15 years ago (before my time), the building had some movement and an I-beam was placed in the basement and apparently all was good – our floors are certainly not level, but no one seems to mind much. However, recently, someone in the building stated that he thought the building had shifted again. The board wants to bring in a carpenter…which seemed odd to me. Question: who would we call? I thought an engineer would be able to tell us of there are any structural/movement issues. So, Brownstoners – is it an engineer we need to contact? Do you have any recommendations of anyone who works with these buildings?
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Structural engineer. I know a good person who does hourly work, but she charges (I think) $275 an hour with a min. of 3 hours for the site visit. Drop me a line if you want her contact info. I am not sure if there are any engineers on the forum.
Certainly an engineer is the best way to go. Whatever needs to be done would get sized properly then.