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Structural engineer in Franklin County.

A licensed Professional Engineer for houses and small buildings in Franklin County: inspections, written reports, and stamped letters.

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A red brick house on a limestone foundation on a St. Louis street

What does a structural engineer look at in 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. Lender-driven reports are as common here as repair questions.

What is different here

  • Century-old town houses. Washington, Union, and New Haven have brick and stone work from the 1800s.
  • Rural additions. Houses extended in stages over decades, not always with drawings.
  • Manufactured homes. Frequent on rural lots, with FHA and conventional lenders asking for an engineer's report.
  • Outside city limits. Some addresses have little local inspection, which matters for new construction loans.

Most requested in Franklin County

FHA and HUD foundation inspectionThe engineering report an FHA lender asks for on a manufactured home. Manufactured home structural inspectionA sealed structural report on a manufactured home and its foundation, for any loan type. Foundation and basement wallsCracks, bowing or leaning walls, settlement, and sloping floors. FHA new construction inspectionsFooting, framing, and final inspections on form HUD-92051 where no local office inspects.

Places we go

  • Washington
  • Union
  • Pacific
  • Sullivan
  • St. Clair
  • New Haven

Permits

The cities issue their own permits, and Franklin County covers the rest. On a rural lot, ask the county what it inspects before a lender asks you.

Read first

What is a HUD engineering report?What a HUD engineering report is, what else it is called, and who signs it. HUD-92051 inspections for FHA new constructionThe three HUD-92051 inspections an FHA new build needs when no local permit is issued. Foundation cracks: which ones matterHow to tell a harmless shrinkage crack from one that signals foundation movement.

Other counties

St. Louis City, St. Louis County, St. Charles County, Jefferson County, Madison County, St. Clair County, Monroe County