anit77;1103995 wrote: This is the firm I used.
Peachtree State Building Consultants http://psbci.com">http://psbci.com</a>
It was $150 to do two major calcs. When I finished my basement 15yrs ago I added a French door in the same type wall as in your 1st pic. We jacked up the house and removed the existing door. Then put in an over engineered header for the opening. I also shortened an internal load bearing wall and put in an I-beam with 2 columns. This required jacking up the house too.
I did all of this myself with the help of two friends. So I do have some experience with this type of work and what types of loads that exterior wall can handle.
Based on the RSR 450, sump and all equipment weighing about 1200 in a 59"x20" footprint your looking at a 146psf dead load.
To get this done you'll most likely need to pull some of the drywall and reinforce the exterior wall, add in a short section of additional trusses and a column or 2.
It's doable but I don't know what the cost will be.[/QUOTE]
Awesome, thanks for your help. I will give them a call Monday/Tuesday hopefully.
