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Structural Engineer for Decks, ADUs & Wall Removals (Sumner) (South Sound)
16202 64th St E
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WA Professional Engineer
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A few recent calls, to give you a sense of it: a deck in Renton that needed a wind and seismic check, a post someone wanted out from under a loft without the floor sagging, a two-story stick-frame house, an ADU over a garage in Federal Way, and a rambler where the owners wanted to extend the footprint. That's typical.
I can help with:
• Decks, covered patios, porches, and carports
• ADUs and DADUs — backyard cottages, garage ADUs, and attached units, including seismic bracing
• Additions and remodels, including bump-outs, second stories, and bigger layout changes
• Load-bearing wall, beam, and post removals. I'll tell you if the wall is carrying load and design the beam (LVL, glulam, or steel if that's the right fit), posts, and footings
• Headers, framing fixes, and reinforcement or retrofit work
• Foundations and foundation repairs — new footings, stem walls, crawlspaces, slabs, settlement and cracks
• New wood-frame custom homes, usually one to three stories, including shear walls, hold-downs, and wind or seismic design
• Structural site visits: cracks, sagging floors, a wall you want to open, or damage. I also do pre-purchase visits if you're buying a house and something looks off
• Stamped drawings and calculations for permit, including a PE stamp if you're a drafter, builder, or deck or landscape contractor and the city asked for an engineer
• Plan-review comments on the engineering, and construction administration if you want me involved while it's being built
If you got a red tag, a code-violation notice, or a stop-work order, or you need a forensic look, a letter for a dispute, or an expert witness, I do that work too. Send me the notice or a couple of photos and I'll tell you what it means.
I lead with residential wood-frame work. I also design the smaller steel and concrete pieces that show up on these jobs — a steel beam, footings, a foundation, a residential retaining wall or site wall.
Most of my projects are in Pierce County and the South Sound: Sumner, Puyallup, Tacoma, Bonney Lake, Auburn, Federal Way, Gig Harbor, Lakewood, Spanaway, Graham, Orting, and Enumclaw. I also work in nearby King County, and I'll take a look at Olympia and Thurston County work when it's a good fit.
If you want a quote, use the Contact Us form at the website, or call and we can talk through it. When I need a little more information to price the work, I'll offer a complimentary 15-minute call to sort out the scope. That call is just to get a clear picture for a quote, not engineering advice. There's also a $70 phone or Zoom consult if you'd rather book time to go over the project in more detail. Defined work gets a written price before I start.
Send your project details through our Contact Us form: https://dowengineeringpllc.com/contact-us
Dow Engineering PLLC
16202 64th St E, Ste 117, Sumner, WA 98390
(253) 319-3220 · office@dowengineeringpllc.com
https://dowengineeringpllc.com