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Owner is my customer. It is a bedroom area so no Steinway D's but maybe a waterbed? I really dislike these situations as it is a...

Sure, but then it becomes difficult to meaningfully assess risk if the default position is always to dial things up to the very worst...

Well, the contractor has agreed to take it down and re-install. Great. Thanks for everyone's input. Me and the customer appreciate it.

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So i looked at this more closely and I think you are right. The contractor put a shim on top of the beam - looks to be about 1/2" thick...

What if I expand on this idea and loosen the bolts and try to use the screws to force the padding back out to the face of the beam? I...

The joists have been in place for 30 years so that should not be an issue. If this was new construction, none of this would have occurred.

That's by design. I do all my residential WWXRD. I'm not cut out for it natively. This is kind of amusing really. I'm encouraging...

I did jump up and down on it a fair bit and it felt solid.

You read my mind (on the screw at least).

I also have this concern for any solution that would add a thin bit of packing to the existing setup. For me, this is the difference...

500 lbs or less

Not sure I trust this contractor to do anything at this point. One thing that concerns me is that the existing (2)2x8 furring has about...

How would you load test this? At some point, it is cheaper for the contractor to remove it and do it right than pay me to set up a load...

I agree with kootk. Check that it's good for it, and go from there.