CurlyDave
Elite Member
You have to know how to ask questions of an engineer.
If you just ask him if you can substitute solid PT for glulam he may do some calculations and charge you for his time to do them.
If you ask him how much he would charge to tell you if you can substitute PT for glulam he will quote a price for this and you can decide how to proceed.
My recent experience has been that it is usually much less expensive to shop around for the exact item the engineer has called out. It might take a long time to find it, but there will probably be an inexpensive source nearby.
Have you tried asking the engineer where is the lowest cost place to buy the posts he calls out?
If you just ask him if you can substitute solid PT for glulam he may do some calculations and charge you for his time to do them.
If you ask him how much he would charge to tell you if you can substitute PT for glulam he will quote a price for this and you can decide how to proceed.
My recent experience has been that it is usually much less expensive to shop around for the exact item the engineer has called out. It might take a long time to find it, but there will probably be an inexpensive source nearby.
Have you tried asking the engineer where is the lowest cost place to buy the posts he calls out?