Structural Engineering for Additions and Remodels
Adding on is often the best way to get more room without moving: a primary suite, a bigger kitchen, a second story on a rambler. Every addition ties new work to a house built under an older code. That is the part we design. Licensed Washington PEs, stamped drawings and calcs for permit. Need drawings and the permit run? Build Sherpas handles plans and permits.
What we design
Bump-outs and ground-level additions, second stories, garage additions and conversions, and big remodels with moved walls, vaulted ceilings and new roof lines.
What makes additions tricky
The existing house, new shear walls and hold-downs, new footings beside old ones, and roof tie-ins with snow load on the combined roof.
Fixed price for defined work
Send plans or photos. Defined additions get a clear fixed price. Code, red-tag and open-ended work starts with a short hourly agreement.
SIPs over an existing roof
