Recent content by gokorn1

Yeah i'm in the Mat su. Its crazy what i've seen. I'm thinking of selling a building my own home so I can watch everything carefully

It was a "custom" built home, and I've found alot of strange things. This is just one of them. I have a structural engineer coming out along with a could construction "expert" to see whats going on. I do agree that trying to move it wouldn't be worth it,and cutting the section free may be the...

Re: Floasting Slab Question Yup we have wood studs. I'm just wondering why they would attach a small section to something that is supposed to move. Would it be a smart idea to drill several holes and hammer down some rebar a few feet into the ground and leave it flush with the slab to keep...

Re: Floasting Slab Question No other damage, just where is bowed out on the inside its bowed in from the outside. I'm guessing there probably no way to pull the slab back, even it that was possible I would assume the framing to be cracked

Re: Floasting Slab Question This is kinda what we are working with.

Re: Floasting Slab Question Yeah, the last 3ft or so is on the floating slab and not on the foundation wall. Without doing some major demo and digging, im thinking that the foundation turns away from the garage and they and heads to the laundry room. The garage extends past the laundry room...

Re: Floasting Slab Question I put a couple more pictures up. Unfortunitly our insurance doesn't cover earthquakes. I was just questions the construction method. I have no idea why they would attached that last few feet of the wall to the slab and not continue it out to the foundation.

We have a floating slab that has recently shifted during an earthquake. I have all that is pulled out in the garage. I noticed that the last 3ft of the slab is dog eared (tab) that has the wall attached to it. Before the wall is attached to that section of the slab its attached to the...