Structural Intergirty of CMU wall after a fire.

[stevenspm]

Hello,
I have a friend who is a home inspector but is also getting into commercial inspections. He has been asked to look at a CMU wall that has been on a fire and was wondering what he should be looking for to determine if the wall is still OK or should be replaced.
Thank you

 

[SLTA]

This is when the home inspector should say "hire a structural engineer".

 

[Jerehmy]

Check the joints. He should hopefully have a probe set. Make sure the joints are solid by trying to probe them or scrape them. Have him take a camera and take pictures of any anomalies. This should really be a forensic engineering inspection with a report.

Tell him not to recommend something he isn't sure about, he could be held accountable. A lot of the time (for us anyways) an inspector will go out, realize he's over his head, and recommend a structural/forensic engineer to come look at it.