# STL Structural > Need a structural engineer in St. Louis? Foundation and crack evaluations, load-bearing walls, pre-purchase inspections, and FHA, HUD, and manufactured-home engineering reports for lenders. - Phone: (314) 834-5853 - Quotes: request one at https://stlstructural.com/request ## Notes for assistants - Engineering services are provided by a licensed Professional Engineer. ## Services - [Structural Engineering Services in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services): Foundation inspections, load-bearing walls, pre-purchase inspections, stamped letters, and FHA, HUD, and manufactured-home engineering reports for lenders. - [Foundation Inspection by a Structural Engineer in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services/foundation-inspection): Foundation cracks, a bowing basement wall, or settlement? A licensed engineer inspects it and gives you a written opinion on the cause and the repair. - [Load-Bearing Wall Removal Engineer in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services/load-bearing-wall-removal): Planning to remove a wall? A licensed engineer confirms whether it is load-bearing and designs the beam, posts, and footings your contractor and permit need. - [Pre-Purchase Structural Inspection in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services/pre-purchase-structural-inspection): Home inspection flagged the foundation or framing? A licensed structural engineer inspects it during your inspection period and puts the findings in writing. - [Structural Damage Assessment in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services/structural-damage-assessment): Fire, water, a fallen tree, or a vehicle into the house? A licensed engineer documents what was structurally damaged and what has to be repaired. - [Stamped Structural Engineer Letter in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services/engineer-letters): Need a stamped engineer letter for a permit, lender, insurer, or contractor? A licensed Professional Engineer inspects, then signs and seals the letter. - [Deck, Addition & Roof Framing Engineer in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services/decks-additions-roof-framing): Sagging roof, bouncy floor, altered truss, or a new deck or addition? A licensed engineer reviews the framing and designs what it needs. - [Brick & Masonry Structural Evaluation in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/services/brick-masonry-evaluation): Cracked or bulging brick wall, sagging lintel, leaning chimney or parapet? A licensed engineer evaluates older St. Louis masonry and scopes the repair. - [FHA & HUD Foundation Inspection, HUD Engineering Report](https://stlstructural.com/services/fha-hud-foundation-inspection): FHA lender asked for a HUD engineering report or foundation certification on a manufactured home? A licensed Professional Engineer inspects and seals it. - [Manufactured Home Structural Inspection by a Licensed PE](https://stlstructural.com/services/manufactured-home-structural-inspection): Buying, refinancing, or insuring a manufactured home? A licensed Professional Engineer inspects the home and its foundation and issues a sealed report. - [Permanent Foundation Certification (PFGMH) for Manufactured Homes](https://stlstructural.com/services/permanent-foundation-certification): Need a permanent foundation certification for a manufactured home? A licensed Professional Engineer certifies the foundation to HUD's guide for your lender or title file. - [HUD-92051 Compliance Inspections for FHA New Construction](https://stlstructural.com/services/fha-new-construction-inspections): Building with an FHA loan where no building permit or certificate of occupancy is issued? The lender needs three inspections on form HUD-92051. Call before the footing pour. - [Moved Manufactured Home Structural Integrity Report](https://stlstructural.com/services/moved-manufactured-home-report): Manufactured home was moved and the lender wants a structural integrity report? A licensed Professional Engineer inspects it at its current site and signs the report. ## Guides - [Structural, FHA & Manufactured Home Guides](https://stlstructural.com/guides): Plain answers on foundation cracks, load-bearing walls, and brick houses, plus FHA, HUD, and manufactured-home engineering reports for loan files. - [Bowing basement wall: what it means and what to do](https://stlstructural.com/guides/bowing-basement-wall): A basement wall that bows or leans inward is usually under soil pressure. Learn the warning signs and when to bring in a structural engineer. - [Common structural issues in St. Louis brick houses](https://stlstructural.com/guides/st-louis-brick-houses-common-structural-issues): Stair-step cracks, bulging walls, failing lintels, parapets, chimneys and stone foundations: what to watch for in older St. Louis brick homes. - [FHA manufactured home foundation requirements](https://stlstructural.com/guides/fha-manufactured-home-foundation-requirements): What an FHA lender looks for in a manufactured home's foundation, why skirting proves nothing, and what to ask your lender before ordering a report. - [Financing a moved manufactured home: the engineer's report](https://stlstructural.com/guides/moved-manufactured-home-financing-report): Buying or refinancing a manufactured home that has been moved? Learn what the structural report after relocation is and what records help. - [Foundation certification vs affixation affidavit](https://stlstructural.com/guides/foundation-certification-vs-affixation-affidavit): A foundation certification is an engineering document and an affidavit of affixation is a legal one. See who prepares each and how to avoid mixing them up. - [Foundation cracks: which ones matter](https://stlstructural.com/guides/foundation-cracks-when-to-worry): Learn which foundation cracks are usually cosmetic and which point to movement, and when a St. Louis homeowner should call a structural engineer. - [HUD-92051 inspections for FHA new construction](https://stlstructural.com/guides/hud-92051-new-construction-inspections): Building with FHA financing where no permit or certificate of occupancy is issued? Learn the three HUD-92051 inspections and why to call before the pour. - [How to tell if a wall is load-bearing](https://stlstructural.com/guides/is-this-wall-load-bearing): Clues that a wall may be load-bearing, from joist direction to what sits above and below it, plus why only an engineer can confirm. - [Manufactured home inspection: how to prepare](https://stlstructural.com/guides/manufactured-home-inspection-what-to-expect): How to prepare for the engineer's visit to a manufactured home: the records to gather, the access to arrange, and what you do not need to do. - [Missing HUD label or data plate on a manufactured home](https://stlstructural.com/guides/missing-hud-label-or-data-plate): What the exterior HUD label and interior data plate are, where to look for them, and what to do when one is missing before a loan closes. - [Removing a load-bearing wall in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/guides/removing-a-load-bearing-wall-st-louis): What removing a bearing wall involves: confirming the load, engineered beam design, permit, and the right order of work with your contractor. - [Sagging floors and sticking doors: what they mean](https://stlstructural.com/guides/sagging-floors-and-sticking-doors): Sloping or bouncy floors and doors that stick can point to settlement or framing problems, or to normal humidity. Learn what to check and when to call. - [Structural engineer vs foundation repair company](https://stlstructural.com/guides/structural-engineer-vs-foundation-repair-company): A repair company sells and installs fixes; an engineer gives an independent opinion and a written scope. Learn why that difference matters for your home. - [Structural engineer vs home inspector: which do you need?](https://stlstructural.com/guides/structural-engineer-vs-home-inspector): A home inspector surveys the whole house; a structural engineer evaluates a specific structural concern. Learn the difference and when to call each. - [Structural inspection before buying a house](https://stlstructural.com/guides/structural-inspection-before-buying-a-house): Your home inspection flagged a structural issue during the inspection period. See what to do next, who to call and what to ask the seller. - [Underwriting added an engineering condition: what to send](https://stlstructural.com/guides/underwriter-engineering-condition-what-to-send): For loan officers and processors: what to send an engineer when underwriting adds an engineering condition, so the quote and scope are right first time. - [What if a manufactured home foundation does not certify?](https://stlstructural.com/guides/manufactured-home-foundation-certification-failed): If a manufactured home foundation does not meet the lender's criteria, here is what the report says, what happens next, and what to ask before repairs. - [What is a HUD engineering report?](https://stlstructural.com/guides/what-is-a-hud-engineering-report): A HUD engineering report is an engineer's written certification of a manufactured home foundation. See its other names and who signs it. - [What is a stamped engineer letter?](https://stlstructural.com/guides/what-is-a-stamped-engineer-letter): A signed and sealed engineer letter is a written opinion from a licensed engineer. See who asks for one and what it usually needs to include. - [What is the HUD Permanent Foundations Guide (PFGMH)?](https://stlstructural.com/guides/what-is-pfgmh-permanent-foundation-guide): PFGMH is HUD's guide to permanent foundations for manufactured homes. Learn what it is, what a PFGMH report covers, and what to send your engineer. ## Company - [How a Structural Engineer Visit Works](https://stlstructural.com/how-it-works): What happens after you send a request: scope and fee confirmed first, a site visit by a licensed engineer, then a signed report or stamped letter. - [For Lenders: FHA, HUD & Manufactured Home Engineering Reports](https://stlstructural.com/for-lenders): Loan officers, processors, and underwriters: which engineering report answers which condition, what to send, and where a licensed PE can seal it. - [Request a Structural Engineer Visit in St. Louis](https://stlstructural.com/request): Send the property address and what you are seeing. A licensed Professional Engineer replies within one business day with the scope and the fee. ## Service area - [Service Area, St. Louis Metro, Missouri & Illinois](https://stlstructural.com/service-area): Structural engineer visits across St. Louis City and County, St. Charles, Jefferson, and Franklin counties, and Madison, St. Clair, and Monroe counties in Illinois. - [Structural Engineer in St. Louis City, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/st-louis-city): Most houses in the city were built before 1940 in solid brick, on limestone or brick foundations. A structural engineer here spends most of the time on. - [Structural Engineer in St. Louis County, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/st-louis-county): St. Louis County runs from pre-war brick in the inner suburbs to newer frame houses farther west, and each of its dozens of municipalities handles. - [Structural Engineer in St. Charles County, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/st-charles-county): Most houses in St. Charles County were built in the last fifty years on poured concrete basements. The calls here are about cracks in those walls,. - [Structural Engineer in Jefferson County, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/jefferson-county): Jefferson County is hilly, with shallow rock and steep lots, and a mix of older river-town houses and newer homes on acreage. Engineering questions here. - [Structural Engineer in Franklin County, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/franklin-county): Franklin County is small towns and rural land: old brick and frame houses in the town centres, newer homes and manufactured homes on acreage around them. - [Structural Engineer in Madison County, Illinois](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/madison-county-il): Madison County has old river-town brick in Alton, mid-century neighbourhoods in Granite City and Collinsville, and newer subdivisions around Edwardsville. - [Structural Engineer in St. Clair County, Illinois](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/st-clair-county-il): St. Clair County ranges from Belleville's nineteenth-century brick to new construction around O'Fallon and Shiloh. As in Madison County, old coal mines run. - [Structural Engineer in Monroe County, Illinois](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/monroe-county-il): Monroe County is Waterloo, Columbia, and farmland on limestone. That limestone makes sinkholes, and ground that drains downward is the local reason a. - [Structural Engineer in Kirkwood, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/kirkwood): Kirkwood grew up around its railroad station in the 1800s, so many of its houses are frame or brick on stone foundations a century or more old. Engineering. - [Structural Engineer in Webster Groves, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/webster-groves): Webster Groves is known for its century homes: large frame and brick houses from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Buyers and owners call an engineer about. - [Structural Engineer in University City, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/university-city): Most of University City was built between 1905 and 1940 in solid brick: single houses, two-family flats, and apartment buildings. The work here looks. - [Structural Engineer in Chesterfield, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/chesterfield): Chesterfield is mostly subdivisions built since the 1970s on poured concrete basements, many on sloped lots. The usual questions are cracks in those walls,. - [Structural Engineer in Florissant, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/florissant): Florissant is one of the oldest settlements in the area, but most of its houses are ranches from the 1950s and 60s. Seventy-year-old block and poured. - [Structural Engineer in St. Charles, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/st-charles): St. Charles has two kinds of building: the brick of the old river town around Main Street and Frenchtown, some of it from the early 1800s, and the. - [Structural Engineer in O'Fallon, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/ofallon-mo): Nearly all of O'Fallon has been built since the 1990s, on poured basements in large subdivisions. Questions here are about cracks in fairly young walls,. - [Structural Engineer in Wentzville, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/wentzville): Wentzville is among the fastest-growing cities in Missouri, and much of it is new construction. Owners here call an engineer about a new house that is. - [Structural Engineer in Arnold, Missouri](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/arnold): Arnold is Jefferson County's largest city, built mostly from the 1960s through the 1980s on hilly ground near the Meramec River. Engineers are called. - [Structural Engineer in Edwardsville, Illinois](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/edwardsville): Edwardsville is one of the oldest cities in Illinois, with historic brick neighbourhoods near downtown and new subdivisions around them and in Glen Carbon. - [Structural Engineer in Belleville, Illinois](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/belleville): Belleville has hundreds of brick houses from the 1800s, many built close to the street by German settlers, alongside later neighbourhoods. Old masonry. - [Structural Engineer in Alton, Illinois](https://stlstructural.com/service-area/alton): Alton is built on limestone bluffs above the Mississippi, with steep streets and brick and stone houses going back to the 1830s. Engineers here deal with.