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Posted by pat on July 21, 2006, 1:14 pm
Thanks for the feedback Edwin.
Just to follow up, the wall is 1' on the level side of the street --
but on the sloped side it might taper out to about 5'!
I looks to be concrete or a concrete/stone combo, and I just saw a
picture of it about 3 years ago and you can see that major touch-ups
had been done around that time because they allmost white back then.
It looked like there were a lot of major cracks, and the corner was
almost completed touched up.
Any further thoughts?
-Pat
Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> >
> > How big of a deal is the shape of this wall? Would touch-ups probably
> > be sufficient, or might there come a time when the entire wall needs to
> > be replaced?
> > Do you think this will be a major issue in a home inspection?
>
> Can't say for sure not seeing it, but I doubt that a 1' wall will create a
> major issue. You also neglected to way what the wall is made from. Ugly
> timbers or lovely stone? What you don't know, is when the "damage"
> happened. If the wall is 100 years old and moved and cracked 90 years ago,
> and has been stable since, it will probably last another 100 years.
>
> It can be replace numerous ways today. Dig it out and pour a solid concrete
> wall, put a facing on the concrete, build from block and brick, block and
> stucco, or use the landscaping blocks and it becomes a DIY project. Or do
> nothing if it does not bother you and does not move any more.
>
> I would not let it become a deal breaker. If it was a 15' wall and in
> danger of imminent collapse, I'd be more concerned.
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