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SailorJerry70301

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I'm buying a house and after the inspection, the main beam in the crawl space had some damage. The inspection quoted, "9.3 MAIN BEAM(S)
The main beam has been damaged and supported by a floor jack. Recommend evaluation by a qualified contractor for remedial needs and costs. 09/08/2015 - Recommend obtaining contractors information for possible remedial needs. Item 2(Picture)" They corrected the issue and as you can see from the notes it didn't come back "satisfactory" necessarily. The fix was from a general contractor and was described as, "Fix- Properly supported main beam in crawlspace using concrete footer and foundation post". I've attached before/after pictures (the before has the redbox). I'm seeing if any experts could lend an opinion on the fix. The last thing we want is our floors dropping below us haha. Please let me know if I have nothing to worry about now :) Thanks!

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Did they lag the wood beam to the cast concrete beam? Thru holes with nuts?

The repair looks strong enough to me but experts will be along.

Welcome to the forum and I like your name.
 
Not sure on either, only from what the General Contractor said saying they used a concrete footer and foundation post :/ ...thinking about having a foundation specialist come out next week. We are supposed to close on the 18th though..ugh haha.
 
Well if they put a footing under each post that is the way to do it correctly I think. Looks like the old beam is still doing its job just that the side had some spalling. The combination of the two beams should do the job. Again I’m not an expert in this area but others will be along later I’m sure.
 
A contractor shopuld not be designing that fix. Ask for an engineers report. The proper footing will be sized according to soil conditions with rebar. Then there wood be no need for adjustable posts., are they expecting them to need adjustment over time.:rofl:
 
We are having a foundation specialist come take a look. Hoping they don't just say whatever repair we do have isn't sufficient and want to charge me thousands of dollars :/ Any idea how much a fix would be for this?
 
If a foundation spacialist dosn't come with an engineer, he is just another contractor with a good story.
 
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