Help needed: Structural survey for garage ...

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 10:39 pm

i'm also in edinburgh tomorrow 10am - 3pm if you want a structural survey done?

call or text on 07740192975 - chris

oh i'm a chartered structural engineer

ninja

Post by **campbell** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:00 am

And there was me expecting plans to be laid for Scotland's answer to the McLaren factory

All the folks round your way such bad drivers then, Robin?!

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:52 am

Campbell,

Tame that signature!!

Anyway, it was just one bloke who I think was a bit merry on shandy bass and lost it in the Crescent Esses

Most of the time, most people are very slow round these parts

Cheers,
Robin

Post by **campbell** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 6:01 pm

"crescent esses" - love it!

and as for the avatar, it took hours to develop so I ain't deleting it just yet

robin · Post by **robin** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:15 pm

Thanks to all that offered help - I have now decided to ignore problem until my enforced leave of absence in two weeks time.

In the meantime here are some pics (click on the picture to open a slide show of the cracks):

Cheers,
Robin

tut · Post by **tut** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:19 pm

Seen bigger cracks than those on Gulf Air Hosties...........

tut

ExigeKen · Post by **ExigeKen** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:26 pm

tut wrote:Seen bigger cracks than those on Gulf Air Hosties...........

tut

More than seen one suspects

mac · Post by **mac** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:56 pm

Those cracks do look like settlement - perhaps some of the engineers gave got some spare crack gauges or can pass on the details of where to get them (I'm on holiday so I don't have any of my survey supplies contacts with me)

Probably best to monitor at the moment.

Also - has there been any new works - someone put down a patio or cut down a tree in the past 6 months?

Mac

robin · Post by **robin** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:38 am

Most of those cracks have been there a long time - the garden the garage is built on slopes down quite significantly. No patio works, etc., but you might call demolishing the 10 ton wall next to the garage "significant"

cheers,
Robin

kenny · Post by **kenny** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:02 am

What Mac said. Looks like settlement that may still be moving very slightly or just given another nudge from the wall coming down. I dont think its likely to fall down anytime soon.

mac · Post by **mac** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:11 am

robin wrote:Most of those cracks have been there a long time - the garden the garage is built on slopes down quite significantly. No patio works, etc., but you might call demolishing the 10 ton wall next to the garage "significant"

cheers,
Robin

Was thinking of anything that coud have seriously altered the water content of the ground (A dead big tree doesn't drink anymore) something is causing the ground/building to shift - just a case of working out what.

Mac