# Is It Load Bearing > Find out if a wall is load-bearing, then get the inspection, beam design, and sealed permit letter to remove it. Licensed structural engineer serving St. Louis. - Phone: (573) 275-7647 - Service area: Missouri and Illinois - Quotes: request one at https://isitloadbearing.com/request ## Services - [Load-Bearing Wall Inspections & Structural Services](https://isitloadbearing.com/services): Load-bearing determination, removal design packages, post-removal verification, plus foundation, deck, addition, and pre-purchase structural inspections. - [How it works](https://isitloadbearing.com/how-it-works): From wall check to sealed letter: what happens on the visit, what the engineering letter contains, and how the permit office uses it. ## Guides - [Wall Removal & Structural Report Guides](https://isitloadbearing.com/blog): Find wall removal and structural report guidance for purchases and refinancing. Prepare alteration records, permits, and your lender’s engineering request. - [Engineered Structural Walls, St. Louis Metro](https://isitloadbearing.com/blog/engineered-structural-walls): What engineered means for a load-bearing wall, when a wall becomes an engineering question, and what a sealed letter documents for your permit office. - [Pre-Purchase Structural Opinion in the Inspection Window](https://isitloadbearing.com/blog/pre-purchase-structural-opinion-inspection-window): Your inspection report says "further evaluation by a structural engineer recommended." Learn what a pre-purchase opinion covers and how to book inside the window. - [Structural Engineer Report for a Mortgage: Wall Alterations](https://isitloadbearing.com/blog/lender-structural-condition-renovated-home): Has your lender requested a structural report for an altered wall? Gather the appraisal condition, plans, permits, and photos before arranging an assessment. - [Wall Removal Before Refinancing: Permits & Reports](https://isitloadbearing.com/blog/wall-removal-before-refinance-document-checklist): Refinancing after removing a wall? Prepare permits, beam plans, and engineering records, and confirm what your lender needs for the completed alteration. ## For professionals - [For contractors](https://isitloadbearing.com/for-contractors): Sealed removal-design letters built for your crew: beam spec, post details, footing verification, shoring sequence. St. Louis metro. We do not sell the repair. - [For real estate](https://isitloadbearing.com/for-realestate): Pre-purchase structural opinions in the inspection window, plus unpermitted-opening evaluations before listing. St. Louis metro, reply within one business day. ## Company - [The engineer](https://isitloadbearing.com/about): Scapular Engineering, P.E., Missouri PE since 2019, residential structural work. One engineer, every visit, every seal. - [Where we work](https://isitloadbearing.com/service-area): Load-bearing coverage across the St. Louis metro at no travel charge, a quoted add-on farther out, and honest referrals past that across the wider network. - [Straight answers](https://isitloadbearing.com/faq): Eighteen questions about load-bearing walls, pricing, permits, and coverage in the St. Louis metro, answered straight by the engineer who signs the letter. - [Book an inspection](https://isitloadbearing.com/request): Tell us about the wall. Reply within one business day, visit usually within 3 business days, sealed letter 3 days after. ## Service areas - [Load-Bearing Wall Engineer in Missouri](https://isitloadbearing.com/locations/missouri): Load-bearing wall engineering across Missouri. 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The engineer is licensed in Illinois; reply within one business day, travel scoped before you book. 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