 crack in foundation (by LL [IA]) Jun 19, 2018 12:40 PM
 crack in foundation (by NE [PA]) Jun 19, 2018 12:47 PM
crack in foundation (by NE [PA]) Jun 19, 2018 12:50 PM
crack in foundation (by Ken [NY]) Jun 19, 2018 1:13 PM
crack in foundation (by cjo'H [CT]) Jun 19, 2018 2:18 PM
crack in foundation (by cjo'h [CT]) Jun 19, 2018 2:23 PM
crack in foundation (by NE [PA]) Jun 19, 2018 2:32 PM
crack in foundation (by cjo'h [CT]) Jun 19, 2018 3:07 PM
crack in foundation (by cjo'h [CT]) Jun 19, 2018 3:17 PM
crack in foundation (by Ed [PA]) Jun 19, 2018 4:16 PM
crack in foundation (by AllyM [NJ]) Jun 19, 2018 6:05 PM
crack in foundation (by nhsailmaker [NH]) Jun 20, 2018 4:29 AM
crack in foundation (by Vee [OH]) Jun 20, 2018 6:57 AM
crack in foundation (by LL [IA]) Jun 21, 2018 6:51 AM
crack in foundation (by LL [IA]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 12:40 PM
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I have a 1/8" crack along the basement wall and the wall is slightly bowed. The city inspector has told me I can't rent it until I get a engineering report that states the house is safe. I told him the foundation hasn't moved at all in the 12 years I have owned the property but he still wants the report. Do I have any recourse against the city?
--74.221.xx.xxx |
crack in foundation (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 12:47 PM
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Yes. Sell and take your money to where there is still freedom.
I'm 50% joking and 50% serious.
I count my blessings when I read these posts.
Good luck! --174.201.xx.xx |
crack in foundation (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 12:50 PM
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All I can really tell you is that if you decide to get the engineer or whatever the codes guys want to verify this. You need to keep interviewing engineers until you get the one who writes down what YOU NEED!
Lead the conversation with them until they get the hint and write it up the way you want. --174.201.xx.xx |
crack in foundation (by Ken [NY]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 1:13 PM
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Tell the city guy that he needs to put it in writing,if he knows he is overstepping his bounds he wont put it in writing and you know how to deal with him in the future --72.231.xxx.xxx |
crack in foundation (by cjo'H [CT]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 2:18 PM
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Yes, I would sue him for lost rent.and put a lien on all his future earnings,...................charlie
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crack in foundation (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 2:23 PM
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Also seems someone in the building Department goofed up when the passed the original inspection and passed whoever did the backfilling.........charlie........maybe it was him?...................................................................... --174.192.xx.xxx |
crack in foundation (by NE [PA]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 2:32 PM
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Charlie, the building could be 50 years old. Or more. It's probably one of those annual inspections or one of those tenant turnover inspections. Most of the time it's been covered with boxes or whatever else is in the way. Who knows. --174.201.xx.xxx |
crack in foundation (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 3:07 PM
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NE,you could be right.The house we're in,we've been here forty some years and the house was supposed to be one hundred and thirty then.didn't see any cracks yet,better put on sunglasses.just in case.....................charlie.................sometimes it's good if you develop MA. One of our dogs got that when he was a year and a half,didn't keep him from running with the pack,he lived to be sixteen................................................wouldn't know it.................. --174.192.xx.xxx |
crack in foundation (by cjo'h [CT]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 3:17 PM
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I know a building inspector,he started out as a stakeout man,boy,for a company that we used to build pre manufactured garages for.could barely read a ruler.He wasn't Irish but he could spiel the Blarney, got him a good paying job,eventually.............charlie...........it's not what you know,it's who you know?................. --174.192.xx.xxx |
crack in foundation (by Ed [PA]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 4:16 PM
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I don't believe there is a way to appeal a building inspector. You are basically at his mercy. If you give him a hard time he finds something else. Pay an engineer to evaluate your place and tell them to say it is safe. --72.95.xxx.xx |
crack in foundation (by AllyM [NJ]) Posted on: Jun 19, 2018 6:05 PM
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What Ed PA said and find out what needs to be done to fix it. Do you have earthquakes in IA? Might have to jack up that side and redo something or maybe not. Find out. --73.178.xxx.xx |
crack in foundation (by nhsailmaker [NH]) Posted on: Jun 20, 2018 4:29 AM
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These gestapo inspections weren't there decades ago. You let it happen on your watch.
Now your task is harder to overturn bad government.
But now that you are an adult citizen you MUST stop what you are doing and make it the biggest fight of your life.
Freedom and Liberty are NOT passed down through the generations - you must fight these liberals every day. --24.34.xx.xxx |
crack in foundation (by Vee [OH]) Posted on: Jun 20, 2018 6:57 AM
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Latex caulking - what crack, read the codified ordinance presented in the written report to understand what is expected and seek a variance. --76.188.xxx.xx |
crack in foundation (by LL [IA]) Posted on: Jun 21, 2018 6:51 AM
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followup: i caulked and painted the basement and when the inspector came back he was real nice and said i didn't have to get an engineer report. he will just check again next year at his annual report. --74.221.xx.xxx |
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