Excessive settlement

[mjr6550]

I come across some old houses built on fill that have settled an excessive amount. The one I looked at yesterday has settled a little over 10 inches more at the front than the rear. Despite this movement the house is generally very sound-just not very level.

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[Bill Kibbel]

Reminds me of inspecting the Wissinoming and Logan sections of Phila in the 80s.

[ghentjr]

Or, Norwalk Connecticut

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/02/nyreg ... -case.html

[Tom Raymond]

Sounds like Amherst, NY. Dozens of hone's built in the late 80s through the early 90s are sinking. Some have been demolished, others repaired. Stigmatized properties are eligible for a 50% reduction in tax assessment.

If you want to build a deck in Amherst you need to do soil compaction testing.

[kurt]

We have a few 'hoods where brilliant minds decided 115 years ago to fill in creek beds and drainage slough so they could build more houses.

Kinda like these places.

[John Kogel]

Kinda like a float house at low tide, eh?

I couldn't live with that. Besides falling over trying to walk down the hall, I'd be re-hanging pictures and hearing how I hung them crooked all over the place, no thanks. []