hausdok Posted February 19, 2009 Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Hi, Yes, although I don't know the rules for every jurisdiction, most new construction I see has them solidly anchored to the piers. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 Seattle is still using the 2003 IRC here: Mike, I thought Seattle was on the 2006 (still no diagram though). See... http://www2.iccsafe.org/states/Seattle2 ... ameset.htm Hi Rich, That's what I'd thought too...until I'd clicked on my favorites link. Hmm, maybe they've got separate links to the 2003 and the 2006. Jeez, what a pain in the keester. Guess I've gotta replace that link. Thanks. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Yeah Mike, the link in my post goes to the 2006 codes. The one you posted is the 2003. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 20, 2009 Report Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hi, Yes, although I don't know the rules for every jurisdiction, most new construction I see has them solidly anchored to the piers. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Yes, mechanically fastened to the footing and fastened to the beam. Typically no additional lateral bracing is called for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 So much for the "fix"!!!! The entire crawl was a swimming pool with the moisture barrier floating on top. I'll let my report photos do the talking. Click to Enlarge 96.17 KB Click to Enlarge 57.15 KB Click to Enlarge 83.9 KB Click to Enlarge 92.91 KB Click to Enlarge 95 KB Click to Enlarge 82.93 KB Click to Enlarge 59.42 KB Surrounding terrain slope was not good, but it hasn't rained heavily here for at least 2 weeks and not at all for the last week. Evidently the seller isn't actually interested in selling the home because I can't believe he left it this way. I'm 99.99% certain my clients are walking away. Besides this, there were numerous other problems indicating a builder who didn't have a clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Yes, fixed. Next....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 The house is obviously built into a hillside so there's absolutely no need for a pump it should be draining by gravity. That's a lot of water; unless there's an aquafir there that's really close to the surface, I bet the perimeter drain is broken somewhere on the uphill end and is dumping water into that crawl. If so, and they were discharging the sump into the perimeter drain it was simply coming back in. They need to get their money back 'cuz it looks like the guy that put in all that pipe just took their money for putting in drains to nowhere. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Harness the vinyl siding on the studs to this crawlspace, and you have a pretty good picture of what this place is. Doesn't matter what they did in the crawl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted February 22, 2009 Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 Looks like the low bidder got the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Moore Posted February 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2009 They need to get their money back 'cuz it looks like the guy that put in all that pipe just took their money for putting in drains to nowhere. Turns out it was a DIY job by the seller. He had owned the whole twofer. The folks I really feel for are the ones who recently bought the other unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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