Originally Posted By: kmcmahon This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
And here I was beginning to think you didn’t look at anything but electrical on a home!
Wow...that's some serious movement and gonna take some serious $$ to repair.
How are the floors holding up? I notice the temporary supports to hold up the floor joists.
Originally Posted By: rwashington This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
You seem to get all the fun houses. I think you should have an inspector photo album to show to your grandkids.
It could go something like this:
“Sonny, your paw-paw used to see some crazy stuff back in the day. Look at this old foundation I saw way back in 2004. Wow! 2004! that was a long time ago paw-paw!!”
Originally Posted By: dbowers This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I can’t believe you’re gonna write that little crack up and spoil the realestators day. Gosh no house is perfect and golly my realtors tell me all concrete cracks. Lets not be so picky jeff!!
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Wow Jeff,
that first picture of yours is the worst I've ever seen for lateral movement, is this quake damage ??.
I'd love to see the report description of that foundation, must have gone something along the lines of "house should be winched back on to it's foundation"
I can see that picture comming to a QOD near you sometime soon
Originally Posted By: jpope This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Yes Gerry. Apparently the seller was already aware of some minor damage sustained in the 1994 Northridge quake, however, it seems that no one ever went deep enough into the crawl space to see this “shear wall” portion.
As I mentioned before, I have a specialty contractor that I recommend to these types of issues. They employ their own SE's and design their own retrofitting plates and anchors.
-- Jeff Pope
JPI Home Inspection Service
"At JPI, we'll help you look better"
(661) 212-0738
Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Wow,
Now I'm even more surprised, I cant belive that any property that has been affected by a quake of that magnitude was not thoroughly inspected after the event, do you see many homes where previous quake damage has gone un-noticed and un-repaired ??
Originally Posted By: jpope This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
gbeaumont wrote:
. . . do you see many homes where previous quake damage has gone un-noticed and un-repaired ??
Not many, no. It's more common in the depressed areas where the homes weren't insured for quakes.
Safety assessment evaluators don't typically go under a home unless there is obvious damage noted in the living space. I'm sure this home was green tagged and the inspector moved on to the next.
-- Jeff Pope
JPI Home Inspection Service
"At JPI, we'll help you look better"
(661) 212-0738
