Structural engineer in University City.
A licensed Professional Engineer for houses and small buildings in University City: inspections, written reports, and stamped letters.
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What does a structural engineer look at in 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 like the city's: brick walls, steel lintels over windows, and old foundations.
What is different here
- Solid brick walls. Stepped cracks and bulges mean the wall itself is moving.
- Rusting lintels. Steel over windows and doors swells as it rusts and cracks the brick above it.
- Flats and apartments. Shared walls and stacked loads, often with decades of changes inside.
- Heavy roofs. Clay tile and slate on framing that was sized a century ago.
Most requested in University City
Brick and masonryCracked or bulging brick, failing lintels, chimneys, parapets, and cornices.
Foundation and basement wallsCracks, bowing or leaning walls, settlement, and sloping floors.
Inspection before you buyA structural review of a house you are under contract on.
Stamped engineer lettersThe signed and sealed letter a building department, lender, or contractor asked for.
Nearby
- Clayton
- Olivette
- Maplewood
- Richmond Heights
- Overland
Permits
University City has its own building department and inspects rental and sale properties. Ask what it needs before structural work starts.
Read first
Common structural issues in St. Louis brick housesThe structural problems older St. Louis brick houses tend to develop, and what they look like.
Foundation cracks: which ones matterHow to tell a harmless shrinkage crack from one that signals foundation movement.
What is a stamped engineer letter?What a signed and sealed engineer letter is, and who asks for one.
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