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Posted by regan32 on October 17, 2006, 7:27 pm
Doh that was a typo, 30mm is what I meant. Even so it was alarming to
see.
dpb wrote:
> regan32 wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have a problem in the house I am living at and could use some advice
> > from the knowledegable. The house is a concrete slab construction with
> > concrete support post and steel beams. The problems started with the
> > floor of the upstairs master bedroom, the tiles "exploded" out of the
> > floor in a line about 4m long by 2m wide. When all was said and done
> > the tiles were "tented" up against each other and off the floor by a
> > good 30cm. Also noticed are some large cracks in the concrete walls and
> > outside path downstairs of the room with the possesed floor. Now my
> > question is what would you consider acceptable movement of a concrete
> > floor before being freaked out about structural weakness? and what are
> > the danger signs to be looking for taking in to acount that im a total
> > layman?
> > Another point of note is this house is over 8 years old (not sure if
> > that is valid or not) and the local building standards in this country
> > (Brunei) are haphazard and dangerous at best.
> >
> > Any advice on what to look at, what to read, properties of concrete or
> > so on would be greatly appreciated as im kinda freaked out by the
> > creaking noises.
>
> 30cm???!!! If that's not a typo, this ain't concrete "movement", it's
> an actual structural shift and I'd say you need to find another place
> to live _now_ until someone really knowledgeable can do an inspection.
> Sounds like the whole thing could potentially collapse at any time--I'd
> not trust it as such construction is prone to catastrophic failure
> rather than gradual.
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