Thanks for all the good advice. I am only making verbal comments about options at this time, and waiting for the framing to be more completely exposed. I think I was able to get a good understanding of what to do though, and how it affects the scope (where a new ridge would need to come down in...
Yeah - that makes sense jayrod12, it's good to know I'm not the only one dealing with these issues, that's for sure. One annoying part of this particular house is that there are shed (essentially flat roof) dormers in the gable on one side, and the ceiling/floor joists are not acting to tie...
These days I have been doing a lot of work on additions/modifications to older homes. Many of these roofs are framed in ways that are hard to model and review. Commonly there is a hip roof with no posting (presumably a tension ring is holding them up), or gables with no ridge and no effective...
There is zero information of any kind about what modifications the contractor made, and under what professional guidance (if any), and since the contractor passed away, we will never know. The owner and architect have indicated that the original engineer (who is associated with the building...
I am planning to tell the client that I would need to essentially redesign the deck, which would hopefully be in line with the way it was constructed. It may be sticker shock, but I will sleep better at night if I know I'm not glossing over someone else's messes. I considered the Peer Review...
I have a client who wants to hire me to review a near completed rooftop deck installation. He is unable to reach to original engineer, the contractor made field changes under the direction of a second engineer, and then died. No one knows who this second engineer is. The original engineer is...
