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monkeychild
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Miami is very flat indeed. I think Florida has the least climbing out of any state in the US.... which is really depressing for the strong group of gym climbers there who are training hard and looking forward to that road trip. You should totally give it a try! Climbing is the most amazing sport (for lack of a better word) in the universe and........ jeeesh. I feel like a climbing missionary sometimes.
So back on topic: I have a possibly very stupid question. Would it be better for me to get a structural engineer to look at it, or the architect himself (Ralph Rapson)? Also I have a friend who is an engineer..... but he designs machines that make steel tubing. He looked and said everything was ok but was he trained in that field?
Merci.
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csintexas
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That part about rebuilding the house was a joke about needing 100% certainty mx2.
We all said that without actually seeing it we can't know the answer for sure. (and monkeychild understood this)
I guess if you can contact the builder or architect they would know best what they did (if they remember) otherwise you would need to get a structural engineer.
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mx2
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Location: Miami, Florida
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Honest truth mc, if you were my own brother I'd simply say find out as much as you can...call the architect, the builder, the engineer who designed it and even a local engineer and explain the situation. Let your fingers do the walking until you get a satisfactory answer. You could even call the local building department and ask them for resources...maybe their local inspector will come out and check it out... and if not...then strap in safety lines to the roof...which now begs the question...will the roof rafter support a 190 lb man? 
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