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earthquake: POST EARTHQUAKE TIPS (CHIMNEYS/FIREPLACES) - 09/09/08 04:08 PM

Earthquakes damage buildings in many different ways, some obvious and many not so obvious. As an example, cracks in walls and ceilings can seem outwardly to be minor, but there can be hidden damage that takes a trained eye and sometimes destructive testing to ascertain the full extent of the damage.
Wood frame structures are very flexible and can move quite a bit without suffering much damage, although walls shifted out of their original position can represent a change in the structure's integrity. A shift of a couple of degrees is usually minor, however the structure has been compromised to some degree and … (0 comments)

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