Major retaining wall issues

[Richard A. Hetzel]

Often even experienced builders just fail to account for the forces they are trying to hold back.

Often even experienced builders fail to get a little design work done before thinking they know it all and just do it like their last job, not realizing that the wall is higher and that there is a surcharge above it, for example. A little experience is a dangerous thing.

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by bgraham

any updates on that chimney, since things are coming down.

See....
http://www.nachi.org/forum/f23/chimn...41/index2.html

The damn nylon strap is still in place today.

[Michael Roberson]

Originally Posted by dvalley

See....
http://www.nachi.org/forum/f23/chimn...41/index2.html

The damn nylon strap is still in place today.
Attachment 31083

If someone gets hurt or killed by that thing falling, isnt that negligence at this point? They know its unstable, and the weight rating for that strap is probably 200 pounds, or about 3 foot of chimney. They either need a new chimney, or 20 more straps.

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by mroberson

If someone gets hurt or killed by that thing falling, isnt that negligence at this point? They know its unstable, and the weight rating for that strap is probably 200 pounds, or about 3 foot of chimney. They either need a new chimney, or 20 more straps.

I did my job of contacting the local building dept. If they accepted the temporary over-night strap, its out of my hands.

[Darin Redding]

Originally Posted by Steven C. Meyer

Don't blame the contractor. blame the owner, looking for the cheapest bid.
Ya get what you pay for, and in this case, he got what he paid for!!

It's "pay now for a quality job' or "pay later to fix it"!! Many people are penny wise, pound foolish. I have no sympathy for the person who had this abortion installed, he got his just deserves!

SM: Let's not be hasty. We don't know the motivations of the buyer. Maybe he paid top dollar for a quality job.

We see a lot of this type of work about 40 miles south of where I live - VIVA MEXICO!

[Doug Edwards, CMI]

What's the problem. They added a two by four to help distribute the weight against the strap....lol.
I love it when I see what many people think are solutions when in fact they have just peed in the ocean hoping to raise the tide.

[David P. Valley]

Originally Posted by dedwards

What's the problem. They added a two by four to help distribute the weight against the strap.

It's a 2 X 6. I tried shooting bee-bees at that strap the other night but I couldn't break it.