Calgary Framers repairs and rebuilds the structure of homes and buildings damaged by fire, water and impact, and carries out planned structural work on sound buildings: beam replacement, load-bearing wall removal, joist and truss repair.
This is framing work at its most exacting. When a house has burned, flooded or been struck, the question is not cosmetic. It is which members still carry load, which are compromised, and what has to be replaced like-for-like versus redesigned. We answer that with an inspection, an engineer where one is required, and a documented scope you can put in front of an adjuster.
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Charring reduces the effective section of a member. What gets replaced is decided member by member at the assessment, and documented.
Fire repair is frequently a like-for-like scope, which matters for permitting: replacing what was there in the same configuration usually needs a building permit but not a development permit. Changing the configuration changes that answer, and we flag it before the scope is priced.
Rot works from the bearing outwards, and it is almost never as small as it looks from the finished side.
A ledger board, wall sheathing and door jack studs, found during an inspection under an elevated deck. None of this was visible from the deck surface.
A struck post and a deflected joist are the same problem: a load path that no longer carries what it was built to carry.
On sound buildings we also carry out the structural work that opens up a layout or changes what a wall does.
An engineered LVL seated in a steel hanger, and the same idea from below: beam, joists and the column that carries it to footing. This is what replaces a wall you take out.
If you recognise several of these, get the structure looked at.
Diagonal cracks from opening corners, a sagging roof line, and a deck pulling off the house are the three that should not wait. They indicate a member or a connection that is actively losing capacity.
On-site inspection, photo-documented findings, and an itemised written scope, formatted for your adjuster where it is a claim.
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Structural damage from fire and water is usually an insurance claim. We work within that process.
A clear structural scope, priced line by line and backed by photographs, is what moves a claim. A vague one is what stalls it.
Ten stages. Shoring goes in before anything is cut, and the framing inspection is called before anything is covered.
We inspect the damaged area and the structure around it, and identify what is compromised versus what is stained but sound. Photographed throughout.
An itemised written scope. If it is an insurance job, it is formatted for your adjuster.
Arranged where the repair changes a load path or where the building department requires a stamped design.
Building permit prepared and submitted. Like-for-like repairs are identified as such.
Shoring installed before any load-bearing member is cut. This is the stage that decides whether the repair is safe.
Removed back to sound structure, not to the edge of the visible damage.
Trusses, joists, beams, studs, plates, sheathing.
Sheathing, WRB, drainage plane and flashing, so a water-driven failure does not repeat.
Called and passed before anything is covered.
Photo record, permit closure documentation, written workmanship warranty. Ready for the finishing trades.
Calgary, all quadrants, plus the surrounding communities:
Structural repair is carried out by the same crew that does our house framing, by people who read span tables and load paths as a matter of routine. Where a repair turns into new square footage, that becomes a home addition and we say so up front.
Every structural repair we do is permitted and inspected before it is closed in. Concealed unpermitted structural work is a resale problem, a refinancing problem and a claim problem, and it is the thing we are most often called in to undo.
Photographs, itemised scope, inspection records, permit closure. You keep the file.
Call (587) 355-2799. We answer seven days a week, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
WCB coverage is non-negotiable on a damage site, and it is the first thing an adjuster asks for.
Clearance letters and certificates of insurance are available on request. Call (587) 355-2799 or email [email protected].
Reviews from Calgary homeowners we have built for.
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Still unsure? Call (587) 355-2799, 7am–7pm, 7 days. We would rather answer a question now than quote the wrong scope later.
Ask us about your projectSometimes. A like-for-like replacement (the same truss, the same joist, in the same place) often does not. Anything that changes a load path, such as removing a bearing wall or resizing a beam, generally does. We tell you which category your job falls into at the assessment and arrange the engineer when one is needed.
Yes. The wall is replaced with an engineered beam sized to the span and load, with new point loads carried down through posts to footing. It requires structural design, temporary shoring, a permit and an inspection. It is not a demolition job.
Yes. We provide itemised, photo-documented scopes written for adjuster review, coordinate with your restoration contractor, and handle the permit and inspection record for your claim file.
Cosmetic settling is usually old, stable and even. Structural deflection is usually localised, progressive, and comes with company: sticking doors, diagonal drywall cracks, a soft spot underfoot. If the sag is getting worse or is confined to one area, have it inspected.
No. Charring reduces the effective section of a member, but light surface charring on a large member may leave adequate capacity. Deep charring, heat-compromised connections and members that carried significant load are replaced. That determination is made member by member at the assessment, and documented.
Yes, and it is urgent. The ledger is what holds the deck to the house. Ledger rot, usually caused by a ledger installed without flashing, is the most common cause of deck collapse. Stop using the deck and have it inspected.
In almost all cases, yes. Like-for-like structural replacement generally requires a building permit but not a development permit. Work that changes the configuration may require both. We identify which applies and submit the application.
We assess urgent structural damage as a priority. Call (587) 355-2799. We answer seven days a week, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Tell us what you are planning. We will come out, look at the site, and put a fixed-scope quote in writing, with the scope itemised so you can see exactly what moves the number.
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Detached and attached garages, garage suites and packages. Slab to shingles, engineered trusses, permits handled.
Garage builders in CalgaryNew decks, elevated and walkout builds, covered decks and structural deck repair. Piles below frost, flashed ledgers, code-height guards.
Deck builders in CalgaryWood, cedar, vinyl and chain link, built to Land Use Bylaw heights with posts set below frost depth.
Fence builders in CalgaryFraming to finished basement, including legal secondary suites, egress windows and beam work.
Basement development in CalgaryRear additions, second storeys, bump-outs and garage conversions, foundation through roof tie-in.
Home additions in CalgaryOn-site inspection, photo-documented findings, itemised written scope, formatted for your adjuster where it is a claim.
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