"Rebar, which is steel reinforcement, makes a wall stronger and reduces cracking and leaning. Older block walls may not have rebar in them and are more apt to crack or fail.
The majority of maintenance and repairs on a block or concrete wall can be done by masonry or concrete wall contractors. In extreme circumstances, a geotechnical and/or structural engineer may be needed.
I know it's hard but take your eyes off the wall and look up to the balcony...
Yeah, that's not supposed to happen either."
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Keziah 2 year s ago
Seeing those gives me a slight eyetwitch. I am a german civil engineer.
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Tim 2 year s ago
Keziah,
only a slight twitch?
Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör.
only a slight twitch?
Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör.
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Josiah 2 year s ago
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I realize that's it's unlikely to collapse right that second but I still wouldn't stand that close to a masonry wall with that much of a lean...
I realize that's it's unlikely to collapse right that second but I still wouldn't stand that close to a masonry wall with that much of a lean...
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Tim 2 year s ago
confused german screaming. how can any of that even be called a foundation. 
how can any of that even be called a foundation.
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Mally 2 year s ago
Some of these problems were in the building that collapse in Florida last year killing a lot of people
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Mally 2 year s ago
This s#it is real, if you see something like that report it right away and get out
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Missy 2 year s ago
I'll never understand why Americans built their houses so badly and then wonder why hurricanes disassemble them like garden sheds
only a slight twitch?
Dem Ingeniör ist nichts zu schwör.
I realize that's it's unlikely to collapse right that second but I still wouldn't stand that close to a masonry wall with that much of a lean...