gjp23 Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Hi folks,We're in the northern Lot-et-Garonne (47) near to the Gironde (33) and the Dordogne (24) and we fear we may have some structural problems with our ~300 year old farmhouse, which we are oh so slowly renovating/converting before we are able to move across from England on a permanent basis.Structural problems - as in the gable end wall is bowing and the roof timbers are not as well supported as they used to be! There is an 'iron cross' and cable but there has been further movement since that was put in (don't know when that was, but it predates out 6 years ownership by quite a few years!).Is anyone able to recommend a structural engineer who we could approach for a survey? What would the French do??Thanks in anticipation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Guerriere Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 But what sort of structural problem ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 Alternative to what?Not wanting to sound glib, a lot of the time the solutions to structural problems in 200 year old buildings are much older themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jondeau Posted December 2, 2008 Share Posted December 2, 2008 I do remember a couple of years ago a structural engineer used to advertise in one of the English language ex-pat papers in that area.........other than he lived in the Dordogne I can't remember much else. I've been out of France since then so he may still do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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