Never dealt with any of this before… but… the moral of the story (which i can extract) is: -do not build on hillsides -avoid post and pier houses
Thanks for giving me good decision making tools i need for the imaginary house i will never be able to buy , on the quaint hillside i will never see:) - Architects hit me up - i now have good tips for you :)
In ancient times Portuguese Bend was an island, but is now a peninsula due to slides. It is the worst place to build, made worse because of road construction 75 years ago.
Other places where they assess structural damage has clay soil which will expand and contract differently depending on the moisture. This can lead to a drop, leading to the posts not making contact and providing support.
Much of the area is rather terrible to build on, but it is California, and land prices are high.
I just drove through Portuguese Bend this morning, and the road is significantly worse than it has been in the past 30 years with large cracks, holes, and upheavals that never occurred (to that extent) before. We will avoid the area from now on as the entire hillside(s) can slough off at any time.
"The framing of this detached garage is completely rotted, and the foundation supports are rotating out of square, possibly due to inadequately embedded footings on a steep slope."
Never dealt with any of this before… but… the moral of the story (which i can extract) is: -do not build on hillsides -avoid post and pier houses
Thanks for giving me good decision making tools i need for the imaginary house i will never be able to buy , on the quaint hillside i will never see:) - Architects hit me up - i now have good tips for you :)
In ancient times Portuguese Bend was an island, but is now a peninsula due to slides. It is the worst place to build, made worse because of road construction 75 years ago.
Other places where they assess structural damage has clay soil which will expand and contract differently depending on the moisture. This can lead to a drop, leading to the posts not making contact and providing support.
Much of the area is rather terrible to build on, but it is California, and land prices are high.
I just drove through Portuguese Bend this morning, and the road is significantly worse than it has been in the past 30 years with large cracks, holes, and upheavals that never occurred (to that extent) before. We will avoid the area from now on as the entire hillside(s) can slough off at any time.
-do not build on hillsides
-avoid post and pier houses
Thanks for giving me good decision making tools i need for the imaginary house i will never be able to buy , on the quaint hillside i will never see:)
- Architects hit me up - i now have good tips for you :)
In ancient times Portuguese Bend was an island, but is now a peninsula due to slides. It is the worst place to build, made worse because of road construction 75 years ago.
Other places where they assess structural damage has clay soil which will expand and contract differently depending on the moisture. This can lead to a drop, leading to the posts not making contact and providing support.
Much of the area is rather terrible to build on, but it is California, and land prices are high.
Three years after closing, it was condemned.