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I would try contacting a structural engineer, or perhaps an architect, and ask for recommendations/referrals to a masonry company qualified to work on this type of foundations. You may want the engineer to evaluate it anyway since youre considering changing the basic structure of the foundation. Alt...
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Maybe you should hire a structural engineer to take a look at it. Then you would know for sure.
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Hello, Who told you that it wasnt a good idea to put a piano on your first floor? Was it a contractor or structural engineer? Tom
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A contractor specializing in restoration.His personal experience and what he refered to as static weight. Would an engineer take precautions before putting the piano on the first floor?
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I have a T/N toilet.....T/N are the initials of the two engineers who invented this toilet. Thompson and Nesbitt...Crane manufactured these toilets. Seats are hard to find....the chrome? hinges are almost impossible. If it is the ballcock water feed assembly there are several brands which will work....
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Id advise that you have an engineer take a look. It might cost several hundred but could save you thousands. Its hard to explain exact structure layout in written format like this and is always better when you can view it in person. Also there may be other reasons - ex: if the house has been remodel...
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Im new to this forum, so Ill start by introducing myself. Im Jason. Im 25 and single. I have a job as an engineer making good money for someone my age. The time has come to get my own place, which comes to my questions. Ive been looking for about 3 or 4 months for a house right now, and Ive come to ...
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Its a different world here in California. Those types of projects will typically bleed you dry. Its important for the basic structure foundation to be sound. Then you need to decide if you want to gut-it or go with the patchwork quilt technique. If its a lathe-n-plaster type of wall, go with patchwo...
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Just out of curiosity, did you actually use plaster or did you use joint compound and refer to it as plaster? This is important because many people inocently think they are the same thing and they are not. Plaster is plaster and joint compound is not. Joint compound is a manmade concoction with viny...
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As a Historical Restoration Contractor, we often run into problems with older homes that someone has done work on, that just didnt turn out quite like they had hoped and then they put the place up for sale and the next owner calls us and says fix it. Most of the time it turns out that it was a poor ...
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