Brett Sandoval
🇨🇦Foundations, framing and what frost does to a build
- 24 years of experience
I have framed and renovated houses in Alberta for twenty-four years, the last ten running my own small crew. Building here means designing for ground that freezes a metre down and moves every spring, and most of the defects I am called to look at come from ignoring that. The calls I take: a crack in a basement wall that the owner cannot tell is cosmetic or structural, a deck that has lifted out of level after one winter, a renovation quote that does not mention the lintel over a wall somebody wants removed. I can usually sort serious from cosmetic from photographs and a few questions about when it appeared. I am not an engineer and I will say so when you need one. What I can do is tell you whether you need one at all, which saves people a fifteen-hundred-dollar report on a shrinkage crack, and tell you what a fair price looks like here before you sign anything.
Consultation languages
- English
On TalkXp for 1 day
Skills
- Foundation cracks
- Frost heave and footings
- Load-bearing walls
- Framing and lintels
- Renovation quotes
- Moisture and vapour barriers
What sets them apart
I will tell you when you do not need an engineer. Most of the cracks people send me are shrinkage, and knowing that in twenty minutes saves a report that costs more than the repair.
Education
- · Journeyman Carpenter, Alberta Apprenticeship
Credentials
- · Own framing and renovation crew in Calgary since 2015.
- · Fourteen years with residential builders in southern Alberta.
Moderate cancellation
Fully refunded up to 24 hours before, half up to 2 hours before, nothing after that.