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So i had the engineer and the contractor in at the same time. Seems since it was jacked up a bit to fit the beam in it caused those cracks on the walls in the unit above mine. The owners upstairs werent convinced so they had another engineer come take a look and he too confirmed nothing wrong...

Thanks @joecaption - that makes me feel better. Anyone else have any thoughts/ personal experiences with this kind of stuff ?

Yes i am going to have them both in as soon as i can. But would you say something like this could possibly be a settling issue (or is there no way that can be the reason) or can this happen only because things werent done right.

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...