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Basement support posts not secured to concrete floor
All,
We are planning to buy a house and the inspector found following problems: "All steel support posts in basement are not secured to concrete floor as required. This should have been done by builder and should be done." "Two of the laminate main beams in basement are not supported properly on ends in box cutin foundation. These areas should be shimmed and supported properly" Ratings are "B service/repair". Since it's a relocation and the house is in another state, we didn't get to see how did they look like. The inspector and agent told us that these are minor issues, and seems the sellers plan to repair themselves. However, another person told me these are serious problems. So my questionis how serious are those, are they deal breakers? Thanks |
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"yxz" wrote in message ... All, We are planning to buy a house and the inspector found following problems: "All steel support posts in basement are not secured to concrete floor as required. This should have been done by builder and should be done." "Two of the laminate main beams in basement are not supported properly on ends in box cutin foundation. These areas should be shimmed and supported properly" Ratings are "B service/repair". Since it's a relocation and the house is in another state, we didn't get to see how did they look like. The inspector and agent told us that these are minor issues, and seems the sellers plan to repair themselves. However, another person told me these are serious problems. So my questionis how serious are those, are they deal breakers? Thanks IMO only: They are rather minor, but ... since you can't get an eyeball on them, I'd ask what if any faults had been caused by the support issues. I don't think it's anything structural, but I'm no expert in that area. More likely something's just not perfectly level above, but the question for me would be how much out of level? How much of a perfectionist are you? I can see myself handling t hose problems if they were mine, and they would't worry me, but I would have to lay eyeballs on them AND the fixes, just to be sure they met "my" requirements. Are the fixes going to be reinspected and will you get those results? HTH, Pop |
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As Pop says, the issues appear from your description as minor.
If these conditions haven't caused floors to be out of level, drywall to buckle, doors or windows to stick, you have no immediate problems. I'd ask the realtor to get an estimate for the fixes, then negotiate. TB |
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"yxz" wrote in message "All steel support posts in basement are not secured to concrete floor as required. This should have been done by builder and should be done." "Two of the laminate main beams in basement are not supported properly on ends in box cutin foundation. These areas should be shimmed and supported properly" Ratings are "B service/repair". Since it's a relocation and the house is in another state, we didn't get to see how did they look like. The inspector and agent told us that these are minor issues, and seems the sellers plan to repair themselves. However, another person told me these are serious problems. So my questionis how serious are those, are they deal breakers? Not a big deal. The supports should be attached, but unless you bump into them with a forklift truck or something, they will continue to take the load and push down. There are many ways of securing them. I don't know about the shimming of the laminated beams because I can't see them. If it is to stop sifting, it is not a serious problem either. |
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On Tue, 09 Aug 2005 11:16:53 GMT, yxz wrote:
So my questionis how serious are those, are they deal breakers? No, IMO they are not even worth fixing. -- To email me directly, remove CLUTTER. |
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