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Quality Elevators & Lifts

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Quality Elevators & Lifts

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Quality Elevators & Lifts is a Local independent company providing sales, installation, service, repair & re-modernization for your residential or commercial elevators & lifts.

Quality Elevators & Lifts is a Local independent company providing sales, installation, service, repair & re-modernization for your residential or commercial elevators & lifts.

Badlands Inc. Construction & Roofing

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Badlands Inc. Construction & Roofing

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No Sub-Contracting our crew does the work! Business built on entegrity and reliability! We donate a portion of "your" work performed to the St. Judes cancer society for children. "You're in Good Hands with Badlands"!

No Sub-Contracting our crew does the work! Business built on entegrity and reliability! We donate a portion of "your" work performed to the St. Judes cancer society for children. "You're in Good Hands with Badlands"!

Structural Engineering questions, answered by experts

Yes, you can put a doorway in a structural wall; in fact, most exterior doors are set into structural walls. The project is a little more challenging than installing a door in a non-load-bearing wall because you need a structural engineer to assess the wall and make sure it’s safe to create a wall opening. Your engineer’s report will include instructions for your contractor on how and where to install additional supports, like steel headers above the door, to distribute the weight above to the wall on either side of the door.

Through proper drainage solutions and compacting the foundation soil.

The process of hiring a structural engineer starts by finding reliable professionals in your area and comparing quotes from at least three of them. From there, you can narrow down your selection by asking some leading questions:

  • Do you have experience working in my specific area?

  • Do you have professional indemnity insurance?

  • What will your structural report cover?

  • Do you charge a flat fee for a structural report or by the hour?

  • How long have you been in business?

  • Do you have a list of customer references?

First, most contractors will have a structural engineer create a report and plan for your project to ensure it’s safe to cut into the load-bearing wall. The contractor will then excavate around the wall, if necessary, measure the opening—allowing for additional space to fit and level the door, and then cut the doorway out. They will likely install a steel lintel as a header over the door for support. Once the doorway is cut out, they’ll demolish the concrete using sledge hammers and masonry chisels, clean up the surrounding concrete, and seal around the door with masonry mortar. 

Yes, an LVL beam is more affordable than the cost of a steel I-beam, totaling between $50 and $200 per linear foot as opposed to the $100 to $400 per linear foot you’d pay for a steel I-beam. Not only is the wood material more affordable than steel, but it’s also more similar to traditional wooden beams and doesn’t require as much retrofitting to connect joists.

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