I called one guy and he wanted $700 to come tell me what kind of aquarium I can have and how to support a floor with a piano on it. That seemed excessive. Anyone know a reasonably priced structural engineer? I want to see what I can have for an aquarium as I am looking at a 160 gallon currently and also wanted to know what to do in my piano room as the floor bounces with a grand piano in it. Thanks!
anyone know a structural engineer
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I got helped for free by an engineer type guy at Aspen lumber off highway 52 and i25. Probably helped too that i was buying the lumber to shore up there.
Basically i had pictures of the type of joists and room under tank location as well as a diagram with a lot of numbers. Total span, span between major crossbeams under joists. Height of joist and dimensions of the toes. Length on center between joists. How many tank will fit over.
Mine was cut and dry since i could tell from underneath exact location and it was pretty short span between foundation and steel beam and perpindicular allowing most joists under it. Basically it was pretty easy to tell i was fine as is and i still did a 4x8 cross beam on 2 posts to be sure as it's pretty cheap.
If it was closer to border line i think he would not give a firm answer without being formally contracted and quite expensive. But he is an engineer that calculates loads on trusses, roofs, floors, etc.
Basically i had pictures of the type of joists and room under tank location as well as a diagram with a lot of numbers. Total span, span between major crossbeams under joists. Height of joist and dimensions of the toes. Length on center between joists. How many tank will fit over.
Mine was cut and dry since i could tell from underneath exact location and it was pretty short span between foundation and steel beam and perpindicular allowing most joists under it. Basically it was pretty easy to tell i was fine as is and i still did a 4x8 cross beam on 2 posts to be sure as it's pretty cheap.
If it was closer to border line i think he would not give a firm answer without being formally contracted and quite expensive. But he is an engineer that calculates loads on trusses, roofs, floors, etc.
Most of the good ones that do just residences in Boulder county are like $250 or more an hour. They don't get all of that, even if they own their own company... it costs a lot to run a small business and benefits are really not cheap. This is the same with all careers - software engineering is like $50-75 (salary based) an hour if you work for a good company... $250-500 an hour if you are on your own and are really good.
If anyone wants to use him I can share his info.