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My biggest concern wouldn't water intrusion and mold in the basement. Looking at your first picture, I want to know how is the structure being attached the basement/foundation walls. There appears to be a gap between the concrete and wood framing. For this house to be laterally stable there...

It i common to ask contractors to accompany you home inspections when you have possible remodel plans. Most won't charge because they want to get the work in future. It is a nice thing to offer to pay for their time, like you said with the provision that it would come off the fee. With the...

I would recommend getting an engineer as well. Think about it this way. If your columns are 14'-0" apart and you use 40psf for live load(code for residences) and 20psf for dead load and you assume that beam is only supporting 5'-0" of width, you have over 4000lbs on that slab. 4000lbs is...

Eds, The magnitude of what you want to do will also be greatly affected by how the floor and roof above is framed. If the existing front wall is supporting only wall above and a little bit of roof then the repair could be pretty minor, new 2x beam and new wood columns. If there are floor...

What is the existing wall framing? Wood Stud, 2x4 at 16" o.c.? Masonry? Light-gage metal studs? Typically it is a major change to the structure and stresses to raise a roof 4'-0". It can be done with extending the existing walls, it just really depends on the material of the walls. You...