Originally Posted By: gbeaumont This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Hi to all,
Boy Fred, that is far and away the worst I have ever seen, and its going to be one hell of a repair job, effectively the whole floor is going to need stripping out.
Just goes to show what long term water leaks can do to a structure.
Originally Posted By: fduemig This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
James,
Yes, we are setting up a remediation. Your question about the floor is, well, perplexing, because believe it or not, it is not flexing. Strange thing is, if you didn’t look in the crawl, you wouldn’t suspect a problem.
Originally Posted By: jfunderburk This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Just curious…did you in fact “schedule” a SE or simply recommend one? If you pick and schedule, does that open up another level of potential liability?
Originally Posted By: fduemig This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
fduemig wrote:
I looked at a crawl space for a friend
This person is not a customer. She is a friend, who is a single parent, and I am helping her with the problem. So, in answer to your question, I did schedule a SE, however, if this were for a customer I would recommend one.
Originally Posted By: mcyr This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Fred;
I would think the consulting an SE was proper, but in looking at these photo's, it might also have been prudent to have the air quality checked inside the home for any airborne particles not suitable for the health of the occupants.
Originally Posted By: twheeler This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
I dont think its necessary to have your friend spend any additional money on an engineer report, rather invest the money into having a contractor do repairs.
Its not beyond repair, but will take a fair amount of money to make it livable again.
Originally Posted By: mcyr This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Tyrone;
No disrespect, due the fact that I work for a General Contractor myself.
With the condition of the building viewed by the pictures at hand, I would have to say that first priority would be to insure the well being and saftey of the occupants.
Considering that the structure is not about to collapse in any one minute, but the condition of the air qualities have been hampered with accessive moisture, mold and other air infiltrating bacterias that could cause health problems are at hand and more important than what can be fixed with money later.
It is pretty obvious that this structure has had it, structurally, but let's take care of the priority first and go from there.
Remedial works for this problem will envolve taking away what mold lives on, moisture in this case can be eliminated first, due food elimination means taking out the components.
Take care of the moisture problem, ventilate the premises, and then deal with the structure at hand once you know that the occupants are in a safe enviornonment.
Originally Posted By: twheeler This post was automatically imported from our archived forum.
Yeh, thats a fair statement.
I too used to be a General Contractor, and it was a few years ago that I had to renovate a house in a very similar condition. After my inspection, the owners left the house, we completed the work, and then hired a Mold inspector.
The structural engineer was a part of the cost that was in the contract. We made all the arrangements for him, the building inspector and the architect. This is required in order to get the permit.
Strange thing is, if you didn’t look in the crawl, you wouldn’t suspect a problem.