I have a situation where an antique hand hewn post (red oak) was approved by a licensed engineer here in CT and after it was installed and we had our framing inspection, the building inspector would not accept it and says "it needs to be a graded timber". I've contacted NELMA and they will not grade antique timbers. They forwarded me to Timber Products Inspections, a company hq'd in GA. The nearest guy they have is out of Philedelphia and they charge a minimum of 4 hours @ $95/hr plus travel. Does anyone have any advice on how to resolve this issue another way?