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If you're a property owner and also have your concrete slabA� foundation inspected byA� a repair contractor, as well as, a completely independent professional structural engineer with foundation repair experience, maybe you are getting an elevation report manufactured by 1 of 2 tools:
AA� Compu Level (or Ziplevel),A�or a manometer.A� When I had my foundationA� inspection done, the engineer used a Compu Level.A� I received an inspection report that detailed several variances in elevation from one end of the slab for the other. As an example, there is a 2-3 inch drop in one corner from the house when compared on the center of the slab.
What perform the numbers mean?
Good to understand, I guess. But in practical terms, so what can those numbers by themselves really tell you? Unless you use a benchmark of some kind to check the readings against, not really a great deal.A� Do I have the elevation readings from the time the slab was built? No.
Do I know for several that this foundation was exactly level when the house was first built (over 3 decades ago?) Termite Damage and the Estate Agent � No.A� So do variations in elevation today mean I have serious foundation movement?A� Not necessarily.A� I may have never stood a level foundation in the first place.
So don't let the groundwork repair company come over, string their little tubes all around the house, then try to sell that you simply repair job based only on changes in elevation on the slab.A� It just generally is a dog and pony show.
However in case your house also shows the most obvious signs of foundation distress: windows and doors which do not go in and out right, diagonal cracks in the walls (inside and outside), cracks near door frames and window frames, separations between walls and frames etc, you then do use a reason to become worried.A� All of those signs point to a twisting in the framework inside walls and could indeed be due to foundation movement.
Don't be Mislead
Just never allow anyone let you know that readings from your Compu Level, Ziplevel, or manometer will be the only "evidence" that you'll require an expensive foundation repair job done on your own home.
My Website: https://cassidy53finn.tumblr.com/post/662911912627027968/termite-damage-and-the-estate-agent
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