QOD for 1/18/2006 structural

[gbeaumont]

Hi to all,

here is todays question. (picture courtesy Ben Kelly)

Regards

Gerry

[Dale Duffy]

Gerry,

That is a awful tall stem wall....

[gbeaumont]

Yes, my mistake, when looking at the tumbnail it looked lower than the 6ft that it is.

Regards

Gerry

[rwand1]

Sorry,

A structural engineer would most likey condemn this. It is unstable and unsafe.
It looks like the bow runs the entire length. I vote for immediate repair.

Raymond Wand
Alton, ON

[Jeffrey S. Campbell]

ooops ray... letting cat out of the bag again...

[lewens]

Gerry
How come
It is toast
Is not one of the answers

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by lewens

Gerry
How come
It is toast
Is not one of the answers

Hey Larry, i was going to make one of the options "It's Knackered", but thought no one would know what I meant

Regards

Gerry

[Larry D. Kage]

It looks like I feel after Thanksgiving dinner.

[gmartin2]

I,ve seen that happen in a case when the tennants parked their vehicles in the yard for a number of years. So what you do then is plant trees. It doesn't cure the problem but it keeps the cars off the lawn. There should be a law.........

[Jay Moge]

let's not forget that the camara adds 10 lbs.

[rwand1]

I can't understand why so many are calling for an engineer when the overwhelming evidence suggests it has failed. It is well beyond the tolerances acceptable.

Are we as inspectors so frieghtened to call things out that are obviously failed? What manner are you serving your client with a situation like this. I think the last thing a client would want to hear from an experienced inspector would be the wall is failed and should be rebuilt.

Of course I am sure others will disagree.

Raymond Wand
Alton, ON

[Michael R. Boyett]

You go...Raymond, I'm with you!

[Dale Duffy]

Originally Posted by rwand1

Are we as inspectors so frieghtened to call things out that are obviously failed? What manner are you serving your client with a situation like this. I think the last thing a client would want to hear from an experienced inspector would be the wall is failed and should be rebuilt.

Of course I am sure others will disagree.

Raymond Wand
Alton, ON

I don't disagree at all. Why would someone want to have or (pay) an engineer to look at something of this nature, which is obvious to a chimpanzee.

Any licensed foundation contractor would give a repair quote. Simple as that.

[rwand1]

Because the inspector is a novice, the client has money to burn, the realtor is relying on the inspectors ability.....? This is a very expensive fix, it is beyond butressing.

Raymond Wand
Alton, ON

[Roy D. Cooke, Sr]

Originally Posted by gbeaumont

Hey Larry, i was going to make one of the options "It's Knackered", but thought no one would know what I meant

Regards

Gerry

Most Canadians would but we do spell some words differently too.
How many would knock you up in the mornin Gerry

Roy sr