VIDEO--Bowed Basement Wall, Cracks etc

[john bubber]

cracks in block walls
http://picasaweb.google.com/dmcc0987...72843347631074


patching cracks on inside.....some will call it.... 'reparing' Pftttt, does
not,will not waterproof the cracks that are on outside of wall.

same cracks ya see inside are on outside of wall, are open.

service lines enter bsmt wall, most often there are GAPS on outside
where the lines come-through-wall, patching the inside doesn`t do shtt,
nothing.
http://picasaweb.google.com/dmcc0987...73006556388450

so if your buying a house and see ANYTHING like this, any kind of
bllchtt patch job....repair???, ya need to inquire if exterior wall(s)
was waterproofed `n backfilled correctly.

you may see that interior wall(s) was recently painted, ya need to
take some TIME `n look at walls up close. seller may tell ya they
there are/were no leaks they know of and simply wanted to make
walls 'look' better. This is more often than not a good BLLCHHTT-Story.

and then there are those who will put paneling to hide/conceal wall(s)

same shtt w/floor, sometimes seller will try `n fill cracks in floor, then
paint or put down some cheapo rug/carpet/floor covering.

cracks in these walls have existed for quite some time. some lawyers-
sellers will try/LIE and say shtt like 'Oh, we didn`t know those cracks were
there' ...or...'Oh, those cracks could have just occurred'. Yeah, a crack(s)
can occur kinda suddenly but not usually the case, not when house
happens to be for-sale. I say, don`t listen to lawyer who may say its a
waste of time....fk that.

He/she just doesn`t wanna bother! Not much MONEY in it for THEM,
well fk them!!! Hear that SHTTTTTT all-the-time.

Take pics of cracks/leaks/bowing wall/mold/efflorescence etc and find a
lic/ins/exp`d contractor who`ll help ya try `n get some/all money
to fix the dang wall/crack/leak that was left for YOU, crack(s) that
already existed and were not disclosed. Can take pics of the cracks
on outside of wall too, its MOST often very obvious cracks have
existed for quite some time, alot longer than last 6 months/yr while
house was for sale.

http://picasaweb.google.com/dmcc0987...73118225538242


more pics of basement/walls, looks like an INSIDE system was installed
...good luck w/that. The efflorescence,mold etc will NOT go away.
Cracks still open on outside. But some will never listen.


http://picasaweb.google.com/dmcc0987/BasementRepair


Cameron Diaz in 'The Mask'.... Got MILK?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfjuZ...eature=related

Cameron and a friend lookin good
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VXi-...eature=related

Jeff Daniels, TURBO LAX
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Steve Martin, The Jerk....ukelele song, you belong to me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3msN...eature=related

[john bubber]

http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?s=104754


same shtt different day, experts eh?


G Carlin/War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGZbWbcgnAQ


G Carlin/Guys named Todd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohXn8...eature=related


G Carlin/Answering machines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3mFj...eature=related

[john bubber]

--Wet basements, Carson Dunlop Reports

http://www.carsondunlop.com/OBS/wet-base.htm


they say...'poor surface drainage is one of the main causes of basement
leaks' ...Really?

so go ahead and raise the grade, get longer downspout extensions,mud-
jack slabs etc, that`ll SOLVE water,moisture from entering huh? Nonsense.

Surface drainage....attempt to divert ALL water away from house/basement
walls by means sloping ground,seal where driveway meets foundation wall.

Again dang it, adding soil and sloping it away can divert SOME water a lil
further away but the water that has been diverted 5-10' away will STILL
go into the SOIL at that point, can go down through soil but also travel-
percolate SIDEWAYS through soil, dammm right.

On a drive side, if ya mud-jacked several slabs so now the slabs are
pitched away, where ya think the water that now is along EDGE of the
driveway goes? It goes down and SIDEWAYS, it can go through-the-soil
sideways UNDER the stupid mudjacked slabs back towards the basement
wall! Dang right! Have only seen this occur for 30 years.

Homeowners been told to get a NEW driveway so it slopes away OR,
mudjack the slabs, STILL Leak, still had water enter basement on longer-
heavier rains! They`ve spent thousands on a bllchtttt story from
someone who didn`t recommend finding/locating the actual problem(s),
the entryways which allow water-moisture to enter in the first place.

Diverting SURFACE water doesn`t DIVERT SUB-surface water!! wtf

WAKE.................UP!!!!!!!!!!

By trying to divert SOME surface water a bit further away doesn`t divert
ALL sub-surface water away!

Yes, HO`s need gutters and downspout extensions but g dammmittt,
this isn`t WHY water enters the freakin` basement!

It isn`t.... 'one of the main causes of basement leaks'

The downspout EXTENSIONS, ok so you`ve added a 15' piece, now what?
Where ya think THe water coming outta the extension goes, huh???

It goes down and SIDEWAYS through the soil, sub-surface soil! Ya think
it ALL goes straight DOWN?

And that is only diverting SOME water that comes off the dang ROOF!
When rain drops outta the SKY .....it still lands on the ground next to
the house. Ok, so you`ve raised the grade next to the house and water
that used to puddle right-next to house is now being diverted a few feet
away due to you adding and sloping some top soil. WHERE is THAT water
gonna go? Down and sideways, sheesh.

Unless yer lucky enough to have sand that was used as backfill when
house was built, then most-often water will go down and sideways.
Even with having all/mostly sand water can still go horizontally through it
but it`ll take a good long rain for one to leak in basement, like on a
drive side.Have done quite a few drive sides that had all sand backfilled
against wall, still leaked on longer rains because they were.....CRACKS!

Roots can grow right up against a wall and can carry water...right up
against the wall. If there is a crack or loose parging then water can enter
through the wall onto the bsmt floor. Roots you can`t see, not surface-
roots, SUB-surface roots.

Injection costs usually $400-600+ for crack in poured wall, well don`t
forget WHAT may have CAUSED the stupid crack, pressure on Outside.
Ya may wanna get RID of it and injections don`t relieve/lessen soil
pressure, tree roots, a porch footing or driveway that is leaning
against the wall.

Injections, shttttt, think of the itty bitty labor, and one person doing it
versus, hand digging all the way down, hauling all soil away, backfilling etc.
OF COURSE it should cost LESS, alot less than $400-600 if ya ask my azz.

But there is no labor `n very little materials invloved PLUS, it isn`t
relieving any outside pressure which DOES cause many cracks, thats why
about 50% or so RE-leak.

Then they talk about DRAIN tile next to footing, and that the tiles can
'OFTEN' be damaged or clogged by roots.

If they are saying that clogged/damaged EXTERIOR drain tiles cause water
to enter through the wall then they are misinformed, period.

Damaged or clogged EXTERIOR tiles have NOTHING to do with water
that enters through a crack in a basement wall and winds up on floor
along cold joint/cove, zero! Tired of that SHTTTTT Too.

Lastly they say an.... Interior drain system costs is 1/3 to 1/4 of the
cost of Exterior work. More misinformation!!!

Stop the Blllllchtttttttttttttttttttt PLEASE!

They say exterior is $8,000-15,000 so 1/3 of that would be......
$2,666-5,000 and 1/4 would be $2,000-$3,750

$2,000 to 5,000 for an inside system huh? Better check those costs!

Many charge $7,000 to $15,000 for an inside system!!!!!!!!

So WHERE is the great savings? Less expensive huh? wtf

[john bubber]

Cont`d

This has more Facts, not all

http://www.discoverhorizon.com/hrb/H...5&DROPDOWN=374


If ya click the larger-image for vertical `n horizontal cracks it should
register what horizontal-lateral soil pressure can cause....cracks/bowing.

So, some will say the answer or better method is to use wall anchors or
carbon straps or a buttress wall on inside?

To LEAVE the soil against the wall???
To LEAVE possibility of roots against the wall???
To LEAVE the posibility of a porch footing leaning against wall, can cause
wall to crack, bow in....leave all that shtt there huh.

And NOT Waterproof the exterior crack(s)???

Just because one may not get water on floor, for awhile,sometimes many
years....this does not mean there isn`t some MOISTURE entering through
the wall, through loose parging, through the JOINTS between the blocks.
Why ya think some efflorescence,mold appears on basement walls,huh?

They talk about water-penetration can DETERIORATE the mortar in
foundations, reducing its strength `n ultimately allowing shifting to occur.
And usually its a slow,long term process.

Well, Ya need to STOP the water from entering THROUGH block-joints
on the OUTSIDE, fk me, come on!!!!!!

Why then, are many recommending an Inside drain tile or Baseboard
System w/a sump?????????????????? WHY??? It does NOT STOP
FURTHER WATER from entering!!!!!!!! HELLO?

Since expanding-contracting soil against a wall can cause cracks,leak `
a wall to bow inward AND, roots can push against a wall and cause a
crack,leak `n wall to bow in then HOW can one respond/recommend
carbon straps, wall anchors.buttress wall and/or an Inside drain tile system?

If water can cause DETERIORATION of the joints then common sense
says ya need to STOP the water from entering the joints.
CONTRADICTORY statements!

Again, just LEAVE the soil or roots or footing that is causing wall to crack,
leak or even bow, just leave that shtt there huh? The wall and the JOINTS
will DETERIORATE MORE!!!!! Water is still going to ENTER through the crack,
through joints.

If some are going to continue to make BS recommendations on Bsmt
Waterproofing then homeowners need to SUE SUE each one of em,hold em
accountable, hey.....they told you they`re experts. Got MILK???

G Carlin/Proud Parents-Motivation book,seminars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVJyc...eature=related

[john bubber]

might wanna locate `n repair all direct openings on the outside

http://picasaweb.google.com/mats.i.o...44707411738610


http://picasaweb.google.com/mats.i.olsson/House


http://picasaweb.google.com/Dietrich...36296815437314


looks like a crack, zoom in. Fill in w/pressure treated lumber? ok, whatever you want
http://picasaweb.google.com/12345Ang...23403915767922

[john bubber]

lololol, yeah, a lil water gettin in alright....prolly the grade,right? HAAA!!!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/Popsford...92407535406898


cracks in basement wall, cracked bricks-open mortar joints....so install
an Inside drain tile system and some carbon fiber straps? hahaha
KNOTHEADS
http://picasaweb.google.com/Popsford...93030305665458


http://picasaweb.google.com/Popsford/3360Algus

[john bubber]

http://picasaweb.google.com/amykimba...02487866456978


no, sorry, sidewalk tipped towards house is not what`s causing basement
to leak.....no no no no no no no.

better define-diagnose-LOCATE the problem(s), the openings where the
water is entering.

hope she doesn`t get suckered into pouring a new sidewalk `n thinking
that will solve the leak.

an Eastpointe MI building inspector actually told/recommended to a homeowner
who had 1 vertical crack/leak on drive-side to.....replace the driveway!!!
Sure, just replace the drive and have it pitched away...thinking somehow
the new drive/pitch will magically keep all water/rain away from entire
depth of basement wall/crack, WRONG ANSWER.

SHTTTTTTTTTT, replace the drive? For about $5,000???
Thankfully she found out all she needed was to have the crack waterproofed,
outside. Cost $750 this was about 8 years ago.

Hmm, $5,000 supposed-remedy from a non expert versus $750 to
FIX the freakin problem

The Pretenders/Middle Of The Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej0GGNKW2B0

[john bubber]

They say...'damaged foundations and basement walls are OFTEN caused
by roof water not properly routed away from the house'

Really? Shtt i didn`t know that

http://www.tomlinson-cannon.com/foundataion_walls.html

So, cracks or a wall bowing in....'damaged foundations and bsmt walls'
are OFTEN caused by improper routing of roof water.

If you click... foundation repair (how it works)... why don`t they
talk about lateral-horizontal pressure, why always-mostly focus
on the problem being some sort of settling/sinking of foundation?
Oh.... ya sell grip tite.
http://www.tomlinson-cannon.com/how_fndtnpeirs.html

Don`t see anything about lateral-horizontal soil pressure, nope.
Nothing about roots causing problems.
Nothing about a porch-footing or concrete slabs than can lean
against a wall, cause cracks/leaks, nope.

The 'BEFORE' image shows cracks in the basement wall, don`t see
anything about waterproofing the cracks. Do the cracks magically
disappear, huh? Cracks on outside of block walls automatcially
go away after putting piers in? What about loose parging?


G Carlin 'the kid who swallows too many marbles doesn`t grow up to
have kid`s of his own'

Their 10 ways to tell if you need grip tite

Then underneath the 10 ways you need grip tite it says, in part....
'we cannot guarantee the information on this page'


Too many people are getting blllllllllllllllllllllllllccccccccchtttttt`d
into this stuff, hear it `n see it from HO`s all the time.

Lady in Southfield has 1 crack, one freakin vertical crack...ok.
She had... 'Screw-me-Dry' out for thier expert opinion,pffttt!. They
told her she needs $10,000++ of helical piers because, they told her,
her house is settling...thus the crack.

Thats 100% Blllllllllllllllllllllchtttttttttttttttt! Nonsense! This SHTTTT
has to stop, sob`s. One day, gonna stuff the one eyed monster
where it belongs! Deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

whatduya think the Teacher`s gonna look like this year? Van Halen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5t5GukrWOU

[john bubber]

yep, same shtt different day

Hey Joe Dev, you outta like this one!

http://www.complaint.tv/midwest_waterproofing-649.html

thats 'Chilcutt' plumb`g

hit this one again
http://journals.aol.com/tomsmoneypit...rproofers/1495

last sentence......'.....SUE the contractor for not correcting the problem AND for FRAUD....
only through actions like these mostly disreputable THIEVES cease
stop taking advantage of the COUNTLESS victims like yourself'


http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/...Off0297258.htm


http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/...Off0292857.htm

The Beatles-Beatle Girls/Words of love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDJEoBCKcHs

[john bubber]

maybe 'Andy' should be a tad more thorough

http://wcco.com/video/?id=28866@wcco.dayport.com

[john bubber]

-Inspectors taking gifts

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article...-1/newssitemap

Darley stated 'almost everyone in the Manatee County Bldg Dept has taken
materials from job sites.........this practice is commonplace.....'

Hey, i have something for these building inspectors

-Building in wetland puts plenty at risk
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles...etters0108.txt

[john bubber]

Video--Fox 4 Investigates:Case of the Crooked house

http://www.hobb.org/index.php?option...098&Itemid=197

[john bubber]

Team 5 investigates Home Depot
http://www.findcomplaints.com/home-d...omplaints.html


Homeowners pan Home Depot`s installation work
http://www.wlwt.com/news/13360413/detail.html

[john bubber]

Buying a house? Get a g dammmm inspection!

BUT, hope ya get a better one than this 'Andy' character who apparently
spent less than 1 hour on this inspection.....the dumbazz!
http://wcco.com/video/?id=28866@wcco.dayport.com

And one more thing, if the house has a finished basement...drywall-
paneling against walls then the hm inspector isn`t going to be able
to 'inspect' the basement walls for any possible problems....got that?
Your on your own, taking a bit of a risk, but its not any HI`s fault.

Most inspectors will hopefully come right out and tell ya this, ya should
understand this already for pete sake.

However, if a HI tells you they can, they did inspect the basement walls
when they can`t see the freakin` walls....and you buy the home and find
out you have a crack(s), leaks, bowing wall etc, then its time to give em
a call

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by john bubber

Buying a house? Get a g dammmm inspection!


However, if a HI tells you they can, they did inspect the basement walls
when they can`t see the freakin` walls....and you buy the home and find
out you have a crack(s), leaks, bowing wall etc, then its time to give em
a call

Damn that is hilarious Mark......