Some homes were built with concrete that had a mineral called pyrrhotite in it. When pyrrhotite reacts with water and oxygen, it slowly expands and causes the concrete to crack, bulge, and eventually fall apart. This leads to real foundation failure, and the damage can take years to show up. Many homeowners in parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts ended up with houses that were literally breaking apart from the inside. Fixing it usually means replacing the entire foundation, and the cost can easily reach six figures. It is basically a nightmare scenario for anyone who owns a home. That may be what’s going on here.
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Meanwhile 20 crewmen stand around the one guy digging a hole with a shovel
Naive-Direction1351 on
Tell me abkut it my state we have to pay a tax to help pay for everyine effected instead of th company that poured it. The company went out of business once they found out and than the guy opened another comoany doing the same thing
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Dreams of becoming a Mobile Home
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Does this hurt the house?
robo-dragon on
This did this to a 150 year old house in my town my parents live in. Absolutely gorgeous old house, you can tell it’s well-loved and cared for. A few summers back, it spent a good portion of the summer up in the air while they dug under it and finished a new basement. If anything, it sits maybe a half a foot higher than it used to. I’m sure that house is historically protected (a lot of homes in that area are), but still nice to see so much care be taken, even when doing an addition like that.
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Some homes were built with concrete that had a mineral called pyrrhotite in it. When pyrrhotite reacts with water and oxygen, it slowly expands and causes the concrete to crack, bulge, and eventually fall apart. This leads to real foundation failure, and the damage can take years to show up. Many homeowners in parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts ended up with houses that were literally breaking apart from the inside. Fixing it usually means replacing the entire foundation, and the cost can easily reach six figures. It is basically a nightmare scenario for anyone who owns a home. That may be what’s going on here.
Meanwhile 20 crewmen stand around the one guy digging a hole with a shovel
Tell me abkut it my state we have to pay a tax to help pay for everyine effected instead of th company that poured it. The company went out of business once they found out and than the guy opened another comoany doing the same thing
Dreams of becoming a Mobile Home
Does this hurt the house?
This did this to a 150 year old house in my town my parents live in. Absolutely gorgeous old house, you can tell it’s well-loved and cared for. A few summers back, it spent a good portion of the summer up in the air while they dug under it and finished a new basement. If anything, it sits maybe a half a foot higher than it used to. I’m sure that house is historically protected (a lot of homes in that area are), but still nice to see so much care be taken, even when doing an addition like that.