ᐅ Additional Costs Due to Revised Structural Engineering Calculations
Created on: 15 Jul 2022 16:02
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HnghusBY
Hello everyone,
We are currently in the final stages of our detailed planning. We wanted to convert a bathroom with a shower into a pantry and a guest WC. This would involve moving a wall on the ground floor by 45cm (18 inches) and adding an additional wall on the ground floor to divide the former shower bathroom. So far, we have not signed off on the detailed planning, but now we are being asked to pay €1500 net for a new structural calculation. Is this common practice?
I had assumed that the structural engineering would only be calculated after completing the detailed planning.
What do you think? Do I really have to cover the cost of a new calculation?
We are currently in the final stages of our detailed planning. We wanted to convert a bathroom with a shower into a pantry and a guest WC. This would involve moving a wall on the ground floor by 45cm (18 inches) and adding an additional wall on the ground floor to divide the former shower bathroom. So far, we have not signed off on the detailed planning, but now we are being asked to pay €1500 net for a new structural calculation. Is this common practice?
I had assumed that the structural engineering would only be calculated after completing the detailed planning.
What do you think? Do I really have to cover the cost of a new calculation?
The detailed design is also based, among other things, on the requirements of the structural engineering, not the other way around. Therefore, if changes are made during the advanced planning stage, it often necessitates a recalculation of the affected structural components.
SoL schrieb:
Regardless of the structural aspect: Think carefully about whether you want the guest toilet next to the kitchen. Points to consider: noise and odors.Thanks for the advice, but unfortunately it’s not possible to plan it differently. There is only this corner left; the rest is taken up by the utility room and living room. With a floor area of 8.50m x 10m (28ft x 33ft), there isn’t much space, so compromises have to be made, but that’s fine for us.
Tolentino schrieb:
Addendum: Without understanding any of this, I also can’t imagine that the entire structural calculation would need to be redone for this change. But a complete structural analysis definitely costs significantly more than 1500 EUR.No, actually a full structural calculation for a single-family house by a structural engineer usually costs around 1,200-1,800 EUR.TmMike_2 schrieb:
No, actually a complete structural engineering calculation for a single-family house by a structural engineer usually costs around 1,200–1,800 USD. Okay, so that means we have to pay for a completely new calculation just because of one wall. Whether that is necessary, I can't say, of course.
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