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Ok, living in California has disadvantages. Earthquakes. They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf. Need to remove the stucco, fix the damage, bolt the house down properly, install brackets, add shear walls, etc... Contractor recommends replacing the windows/doors/electrical also, along with getting a structural engineers opinion of some settling. Argh. I know he has a point, but... uggggg-ga... X| -- Ian
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Ok, living in California has disadvantages. Earthquakes. They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf. Need to remove the stucco, fix the damage, bolt the house down properly, install brackets, add shear walls, etc... Contractor recommends replacing the windows/doors/electrical also, along with getting a structural engineers opinion of some settling. Argh. I know he has a point, but... uggggg-ga... X| -- Ian
And I assume that because earthquakes are a given in your area, this isn't covered by insurance?
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Ok, living in California has disadvantages. Earthquakes. They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf. Need to remove the stucco, fix the damage, bolt the house down properly, install brackets, add shear walls, etc... Contractor recommends replacing the windows/doors/electrical also, along with getting a structural engineers opinion of some settling. Argh. I know he has a point, but... uggggg-ga... X| -- Ian
Obviously you have too many loose women around the house. :cool:
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Ok, living in California has disadvantages. Earthquakes. They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf. Need to remove the stucco, fix the damage, bolt the house down properly, install brackets, add shear walls, etc... Contractor recommends replacing the windows/doors/electrical also, along with getting a structural engineers opinion of some settling. Argh. I know he has a point, but... uggggg-ga... X| -- Ian
You might want to consider moving to a more prudish area[^]. :)
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Ok, living in California has disadvantages. Earthquakes. They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf. Need to remove the stucco, fix the damage, bolt the house down properly, install brackets, add shear walls, etc... Contractor recommends replacing the windows/doors/electrical also, along with getting a structural engineers opinion of some settling. Argh. I know he has a point, but... uggggg-ga... X| -- Ian
ied wrote:
They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf.
I hate damage like that. You need the job done properly, preferably while no one is in it. Smash the thing to the ground and save the money on the bulldozer. Or if your home is heritage listed (or whatever the California equivalent is called), and they won't let you demolish it, you can take the Brisbane Queensland alternative and just 'arrange' for some local homeless guy to burn it to the ground, in a drunken stupor, or at least that's what he was paid to say. Although in your case you could just call it an electrical fire, 40+ year old electrical cabling has a nasty habit of doing that all on its own. Unless you actually want to keep the thing of course.
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Ok, living in California has disadvantages. Earthquakes. They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf. Need to remove the stucco, fix the damage, bolt the house down properly, install brackets, add shear walls, etc... Contractor recommends replacing the windows/doors/electrical also, along with getting a structural engineers opinion of some settling. Argh. I know he has a point, but... uggggg-ga... X| -- Ian
Look at the positive side, you still have a house. :-D Seriously, it could have been much worse. I'm very lucky because I live in a non-seismic zone. :cool:
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And I assume that because earthquakes are a given in your area, this isn't covered by insurance?
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Earthquake insurance is available and reasonably priced - but there is a high deductible (like 10-15 percent)
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Earthquake insurance is available and reasonably priced - but there is a high deductible (like 10-15 percent)
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Steve Mayfield wrote:
there is a high deductible (like 10-15 percent)
Still would seem worth it to me!! I would rather pay 10-15% of a repair cost than 100%!!
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Steve Mayfield wrote:
there is a high deductible (like 10-15 percent)
Still would seem worth it to me!! I would rather pay 10-15% of a repair cost than 100%!!
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ied wrote:
They do bad things to houses, apparently. Especially 50 year old houses. Like my house. Bulging out near the foundation on one wall. Harumpf.
I hate damage like that. You need the job done properly, preferably while no one is in it. Smash the thing to the ground and save the money on the bulldozer. Or if your home is heritage listed (or whatever the California equivalent is called), and they won't let you demolish it, you can take the Brisbane Queensland alternative and just 'arrange' for some local homeless guy to burn it to the ground, in a drunken stupor, or at least that's what he was paid to say. Although in your case you could just call it an electrical fire, 40+ year old electrical cabling has a nasty habit of doing that all on its own. Unless you actually want to keep the thing of course.
I just love Koalas - they go great with Bacon.
Hmm... my options. 1) Pay someone to burn down the house (fraud) & pay him blackmail for umpteen years, and risk jailtime if I don't pay. ...or... 2) Get a loan & pay the bankers blackmail for umpteen years, and risk jailtime if don't pay. Tough one. :) -- Ian
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Insurance is ungodly expensive, would undoubtedly only cover minimal repairs, and wouldn't kick in unless there was ~$10000+ in damage. In other words, it wouldn't help me. -- Ian
I figured that was the case for you... although you reckon you won't pay more than $10K to restump a section and potentially rewire etc?
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I figured that was the case for you... although you reckon you won't pay more than $10K to restump a section and potentially rewire etc?
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Oh, I'm looking at more than $10k. The insurance would only cover a minimal repair. Earthquake insurance is intended to cover catastrophic damage (ie: house red flagged), which I don't have. Cracks & minor shifting you're on your own. You want a proper seismic upgrade plus extras (ie: me), you're on your own. Kinda like what health insurance is turning into I guess. Everything out of pocket unless something -really- bad happens to you. I'm probably looking at $100k in improvements. But it is my home, which I own outright, and I've no intention of moving. Everything outside the drywall will basically be brought up to code. A good thing. On the bright side, earthquake insurance premiums should be slightly cheaper afterwards... -- Ian
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Obviously you have too many loose women around the house. :cool: