Structural Contributor
Daniel Mercer
Daniel reviews the structural information in our guides: foundations, framing, supports and the repairs that go with them.
- Based in
- Richmond, Virginia
- Education
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2008
- Experience
- More than 17 years evaluating existing homes and working on structural repairs in Virginia
- Role
- Structural Contributor
What Daniel reviews
Daniel reviews the pages about the structure of a home, such as foundations, cracks, bowing walls, sill plates and rim joists, and the structural parts of other guides, like digging next to a foundation or cutting a new opening in a basement wall. Pages he has reviewed say so under the title, with this note: “Structural information reviewed for technical accuracy. This content is educational and is not a substitute for an on-site evaluation by a licensed professional engineer.”
His role on this website is editorial only. His reviews are not an engineering evaluation of any home, and Below the Sill does not offer inspections, engineering services or referrals.
Independence
Daniel and Robert Stulpt, who writes our guides, have worked on projects together in Virginia for more than 10 years. Below the Sill does not send either of them customers. More in our editorial policy.
Guides reviewed by Daniel Mercer
- Crawl space encapsulation cost and repair prices
- Basement finishing: what to fix before you start
- Egress windows: what they are and what the code requires
- House foundation types: slab, crawl space, basement and pier and beam
- Foundation cracks: types and when to worry
- Horizontal cracks and bowing basement walls
- Sill plates and rim joists: what they are and how they fail
- Yard grading: how to slope the ground away from your foundation
- What is a French drain? How it works and when it helps