Answer: Someone violated the Cone of Compression. It seems someone decided to dig out a hole next to the building to build an underground parking garage. That is where the Cone of Compression is. The space below and adjacent to the foundation at a 45 degree angle cannot be tampered with or the Cone loses its structural integrity.
They put the dirt on the other side of the building for short term storage. The weight of that dirt put lateral pressure on the foundation which was (7 comments)
tennessean: HABITEC quoted in The Tennessean Newspaper - 1/15/10
- 01/15/10 04:13 AM
Please see the article quoting Richard Acree that is published in the Jan 15, 2010 issue of the Williamson County section of The Tennessean regarding radon in closed houses. http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100115/WILLIAMSON06/100115014/2027/WILLIAMSON/Inspector+warns+of+radon+risk+in+vacant+homes Thank you, Richard Acree
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Comments in this blog posting are the intellectual property of Richard Acree, President, HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, and contributing members of the Active Rain Real Estate network, and are intended to educate and otherwise assist home owners, sellers and buyers, building owners, sellers and buyers, realtors, real estate investors, property managers, and lenders in the process of owning, buying or selling homes or commercial buildings. HABITEC is a residential (home) and commercial building inspection company serving Middle Tennessee including Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Murfreesboro, (7 comments)
tennessean: HABITEC Featured in Williamson AM Real Estate
- 02/21/08 11:31 PM
Please check out the front page article about Home Inspections and Home Inspector Reviews in today's (2/22/08) Tennessean Williamson AM Real Estate section. Richard Acree, President of HABITEC Home and Building Inspections, LLC, was interviewed by Nancy Mueller of the Tennessean about Home Inspection services available at HABITEC and within the industry for new and existing homes. The "home review" mentioned is actually the "Home Inspector Review" service discussed earlier on AR by HABITEC. Like staging, a Home Inspector Review can help make a home that is for sale more appealing to buyers in this very competitive real estate market. And it costs (0 comments)
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