Thank you! This helped, and in case others are interested here's what I did and learned:
I went to yellowpages.com and found someone who was able to refer another person for residential work. After I described the job to him, he told me it was probably within the scope of "Conventional...
We live in Santa Cruz, CA and want to replace part of an interior bearing wall with a beam supported by posts. Our contractor (who is NOT a structural engineer) says a 4x8 beam and 4x4 posts every 6' or so should be fine (there is nothing above it except the roof). The planning department wants...
