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settlement issues: Nashville Home Inspection - Settlement Issues - 9.15.10 - 09/15/10 04:40 AM
Settlement around the outside of a home can show up in many different ways. Look at the picture below.  Can you see an indication of settlement at this front porch?
HINT:  Despite all the hype lately about the "green movement", going green is not always a good thing when talking about a home.

In the view above look across the front brick steps at the color changes.  Now look below at the closeup of the left corner of the entryway.  Hmmm.  Now something is suspicious.  Why is the brick so green?

ANSWER:  So what we have here is an area … (13 comments)

settlement issues: Nashville Home Inspection - Settlement Issues - 8.31.10 - 08/31/10 09:49 PM
When completing home inspections in the Nashville area, HABITEC Home and Building Inspectors check the service entrance conductors for proper attachment to the exterior meter panel or main panel.  Look at the pic below.  What's wrong?
HINT:  Settling soil can be a powerful force.

ANSWER:  Settlement around the foundation can do a lot of damage.  In this case, settlement of the soil at the foundation wall has pulled the service conductor conduit down and out of the electrical panel to which it was originally attached.  Now the cable is exposed and it should not be.  This needs to be fixed.  And … (0 comments)

 
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