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Chris Duphily
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« on: November 15, 2008, 09:38:02 PM »



Farmer owned mobile home circa 1960, farmer performed many "repairs" over the years including an addition the size of the original home.
the structure is set into a hillside (approx 10 acres). Not sure of the grade from the top of the hill to the bottom as I was only on site for a septic/wdi inspection.
These next 2 pics are of the front of the foundation which is also set at the lowest slope of the hill. Mother earth appears to be pushing her way in.


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These pics are 15' off the front they are of the rear and side foundation walls bordering the driveway/main entry. Massive water intrusion ongoing. step cracks w/1/2" to 3/4" displacement these cracks are continuous across 20' of the rear foundation wall and the entire 15' of the side wall.



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Rot/moisture intrusion around 100% of the sill/foundation.
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« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2008, 09:41:33 PM »

All opinions welcome!
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« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2008, 10:27:20 PM »

They caulked the bottom of the siding?
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« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2008, 10:33:45 PM »

No! They attempted to caulk the bottom of the siding! lol
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2008, 10:37:44 AM »

I have personally Jacked Up homes, made an entryway into the basement with a Backhoe (ramp), used a BobCat to remove the wall(s), set concrete forms, and poured a new wall(s).

I only jacked the house up enough to let the pressure off the basement walls, very little, not even enough to crack any sheetrock inside.

The cost was not that bad actually, it took me and my partner about two weeks to complete the job, if I remember correctly the wall was about 30 ft. long. We did this to several homes, the money was good and I enjoyed doing that type of work 25 years ago--:Smiley))

We dug a channel below the footing for a 4 in. perforated black plastic pipe and directed it to a sump hole we made under the footing into the basement floor, filled everything with Pea Stone, covered the Pea Stone so dirt would not stop water, made the footing pour with a lot of rebar, set our concrete forms, made our pour, set the house back down, tied it to the new foundation, backfilled, dressed the yard up for seed and were out of there, they have never had a problem since to my knowledge.
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