Todays million dollar....

[bdoles2]

A basement in todays house. I felt like a mouse in an obstacle course. I was surprised to see this. Most houses of this size at least have the basement framed for future finish. Not this one, just about 30 6x6's everywhere. And yes they are resting on the slab, just waiting to be kicked out.

[Michael Larson]

Looks like a Plinko board.

[W. Michael Chris]

Originally Posted by bdoles2

And yes they are resting on the slab, just waiting to be kicked out.

. . . so what happened when you kicked them out? . . . just couldn't resist . . . how did you write it up?

[Peter Doane]

What ever happened to metal I beams and posts??

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Amazing.

Brian, sure would be curious as to what the design drawings looked like on this one.

Or, was it designed by your local farmer turned Contractor? ha. ha.

Maybe it was a 8" structural slab where you need not provide a base footings for all those toothpics. ha. ha.

Marcel
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[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by mcyr

Amazing.

Brian, sure would be curious as to what the design drawings looked like on this one.

Or, was it designed by your local farmer turned Contractor? ha. ha.

Maybe it was a 8" structural slab where you need not provide a base footings for all those toothpics. ha. ha.

Marcel
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Whats even funnier is that a realtor was buying it. They had beautiful cherry cabinets in the kitchen, she took them out and installed off the shelf Home Depot oak cabinets, so what does that tell you??

[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by pdoane

What ever happened to metal I beams and posts??

Those were the days Pete!!

[Marcel R. Cyr]

Brian;
If the client is willing to stoop to Home Depot, I guess they can live with anything out of the standard and would not know the difference, right? ha. ha.

Marcel
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[nbhi]

Are those post maybe temporary? They sure do look close together/

[homebild]

How do you know there aren't the required footings below the slab?

It usually isn't possible to tell footings are in place once the slab has been poured...

How do you know the columns are not restrained against lateral movement?

A common practice with wood columns is to set a steel anchor into the concrete footing but have it project up above the concrete, bore a hole in the middle of the column base, then set the column over the bolt.

This is a code-compliant means of laterally restraining columns against horizontal movement. (R407.3 2006 IRC)

[wforsyth]

Originally Posted by bdoles2

Whats even funnier is that a realtor was buying it. They had beautiful cherry cabinets in the kitchen, she took them out and installed off the shelf Home Depot oak cabinets, so what does that tell you??

Oh God. I feel a migraine coming on.

[wforsyth]

Originally Posted by homebild

How do you know there aren't the required footings below the slab?

It usually isn't possible to tell footings are in place once the slab has been poured...

How do you know the columns are not restrained against lateral movement?

A common practice with wood columns is to set a steel anchor into the concrete footing but have it project up above the concrete, bore a hole in the middle of the column base, then set the column over the bolt.

This is a code-compliant means of laterally restraining columns against horizontal movement. (R407.3 2006 IRC)

My reports always state that I am unable to determine the presence or absence of footings due to exactly what you stated above.

[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by homebild

How do you know there aren't the required footings below the slab?

It usually isn't possible to tell footings are in place once the slab has been poured...

How do you know the columns are not restrained against lateral movement?

A common practice with wood columns is to set a steel anchor into the concrete footing but have it project up above the concrete, bore a hole in the middle of the column base, then set the column over the bolt.

This is a code-compliant means of laterally restraining columns against horizontal movement. (R407.3 2006 IRC)

It was a draw inspection, for this job I could care less. My purpose isn't to locate defects on a draw.

[wforsyth]

Now you tell us. How'd you know a realtor was buying it?

[bdoles2]

Originally Posted by wforsyth

Now you tell us. How'd you know a realtor was buying it?

Because I stood there and talked to her for awhile. She's moving from Florida, has 2 kids and her mother is in the hospital. Anything else??