On Oct 20, 9:21*am, "
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On 10/20/2010 8:26 AM, wrote:





On Oct 20, 8:13 am, *wrote:
Hi all - *the main water line broke at the connector at my townhouse..
It was discovered rather quickly and the water turned off within 2
hours. *When the plumbers dug the hole to fix it, they discovered that
there is a HUGE cave underneath the parking space *right beside the
water break. *It's hard to tell just how large, but the entire shovel
dissappeared into it. *Just guessing, it looks like it's at least 5-6
deep, maybe even as wide and about a foot of depth.

Obviously the potential for a huge sinkhole is there and this needs to
be fixed. *What are the options for fixing this? *The county and the
home owners association (I don't own the parking space, they do) say
I'm liable.

Thoughts? Ideas? *How much does something like this cost to repair?
Keep in mind, that I live outside of DC where everything is more
expensive!!

Thank you

NAL

repair leak, then truck/s loads of gravel compacted.

in many areas the water company is responsible to fix main line leaks,
and colateral damage like sinkholes

Their responsibility very likely ends at the property line...on the HOA
property, it is likely the HOA's responsibility. * Such was the case
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I agree, the hoa is trying to duck out. It's mostly their problem.
Fixing it requires bringing in fill. The only way to prevent further
settling is to tamp after adding some fill. Then repeat. How much
fill you can add depends on what you can tamp with. If you can run
machinery over it you can usually fill a lot between tamping. A foot
or so. But if you are tamping with a portable gas tamper then I'd go
about 6" at a time then run around it with the tamper.