Older houses hide two common structural problems: load-bearing cinder block walls that limit how the basement can be used, and rotten wood beams or brick posts sitting on no footing at all. We replace both with engineered steel beams, steel posts and proper concrete footings, and sister the floor joists to stop the main floor sagging and bouncing.
We find what is actually carrying the house, and what has failed or is failing.
Steel sizes, post locations and footing depths designed around how you want to use the space.
Structural replacement needs a permit. We prepare the drawings and submit.
The house is shored properly before anything comes out. This is where experience shows.
New beams, posts and poured footings, joists sistered where needed, and city inspection passed.
Some of these jobs are urgent: a beam has visibly sagged or a post has crushed the sill. Others come up during a basement renovation, where relocating the supports unlocks a layout that actually works. Either way the fix is the same family of work, and doing it during a renovation costs far less than doing it twice.
Replacing wood posts with engineered steel is not only a repair. It lets us put the supports where they do not interfere with how you want to use the room, which is often the difference between a basement that feels like storage and one that feels like part of the house.
Sloping floors, doors that stop latching, visible sag along the main beam, cracked or crushed posts, and bounce when you walk. Any of those are worth a look.
Yes. The house is temporarily shored while the new steel and footings go in. It is disruptive for days, not weeks.
Not usually. Most often it is moisture and age at the beam or post, or a post that was never given a footing. We confirm before quoting.
Sistering the joists and correcting the support spacing is exactly what fixes bounce, and it is often done at the same time.
Yes, structural replacement requires a permit and inspection, both of which we handle.
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