So plumbers, framers, the city, etc. will have what they need.  

(or just have your framer do it if you're doing any framing in the house and add that to the price).Other than that, the house came out really nice.

My partner is a timber framer (specialty builder who uses oversized pieces of lumber to build houses, barns, etc. - think old world castle builder) so he cut some 9" x 9" posts and a beam out of Douglas Fir to replace the load bearing wall. 

I have all the subs lined up, bids in place, and ready to proceed with framers.

I bought a 2/2 brick ranch in decatur to pop out 2 mo ago and am shocked (even given my experience) at the delays for survey;  8 weeks,  architect;  6-12 mo;  Framers;  12 mo,  blablabla.   

I recently worked with a framer who did a great job installing a 20' beam for me.

Any good framer can tell you if it's load bearing or not and would charge a lot less to nothing either by looking above the wall in the attic or looking at the framing in the wall behind the drywall.

For example, an owner saying he is a framer or knows a cheaper framer, concrete guy, rough plumber ect. and then expecting the contractor to accept the work and continue on with tiling, flooring or drywall ect. the owner's subs, in this situation, will directly affect the contractor's work and most likely will bring them into a dispute if there are issues.

I hire a framer to frame, a plumber to plumb, a painter to paint, and a realtor to sell.

He could have done a construction loan but the paperwork with the banks is onerous and the framers were ready now so I️ agreed to lend him the $30k.