savethetiger
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Hello everyone,
This is a 3 storied brick building with 2 units on each floor. I am on the first floor. I hired a contractor to remove about 7 feet of a load bearing wall after a structural engineers approval. The engineer's instructions were to support it with 3 LVL's 11 7/8" - 15' long with 4 LSLS studs on each end and W/EPC66 Cap and block solid under posts.
The work was done per specs laid out. However today i got a call from the neighbor upstairs stating they have a crack about 3 feet long on their floor tiles and a crack about the same size on the wall directly above the wall i had removed. I've been googling regarding this but am finding conflicting information. Some hadnt consulted with a structural engineer and hadnt done things right and then some other places talked about some settling that took place after the work was done.
I am a bit nervous as to what might be causing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated (i am scheduling to have the engineer come in and take a look but he is out of town for the weekend and cant reach him until monday).
Thank you in advance for your insights here.
This is a 3 storied brick building with 2 units on each floor. I am on the first floor. I hired a contractor to remove about 7 feet of a load bearing wall after a structural engineers approval. The engineer's instructions were to support it with 3 LVL's 11 7/8" - 15' long with 4 LSLS studs on each end and W/EPC66 Cap and block solid under posts.
The work was done per specs laid out. However today i got a call from the neighbor upstairs stating they have a crack about 3 feet long on their floor tiles and a crack about the same size on the wall directly above the wall i had removed. I've been googling regarding this but am finding conflicting information. Some hadnt consulted with a structural engineer and hadnt done things right and then some other places talked about some settling that took place after the work was done.
I am a bit nervous as to what might be causing this. Any help would be greatly appreciated (i am scheduling to have the engineer come in and take a look but he is out of town for the weekend and cant reach him until monday).
Thank you in advance for your insights here.