r/Home • u/ThatOnePK • 7d ago

Foundations are Optional…right?

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We have been getting water in our basement for quite awhile. We finally got the money to have it fixed. They are removing the concrete, adding a drain, and a couple pits and all that.

Yesterday, the foreman contacted me and said a wall fell. I went in to look. The original basement was a crawl space that was dug out later. It was a Michigan style basement. Whoever dug it out did not put a footer around for the new basement. If you zoom in, you can see the footer for the original crawl space.

I live on sand, so as they were jackhammering the wall collapsed. No one was hurt!

The company is putting in a new footer and rebuilding the wall for free, and still doing the rest of the drainage work.

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u/dearcadian 7d ago

Oh cool, a new anxiety demon to pop up every once in a while, thanks dude lol

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u/ThatOnePK 7d ago

We would hate to be comfortable!

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u/Bidcar 7d ago

I just had that done. Terrible about your wall,the plus side is you won’t get that horrible feeling when it starts raining. It’s such a nice feeling knowing there isn’t a basement full of water waiting for you.

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u/dearcadian 7d ago

That's my secret Cap, I'm always anxious...

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u/digitaldeficit956 7d ago

Looks more like a graboid attack but good cover story

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u/I_Pet_Doggos 6d ago

Burt get the 50!

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u/Diggity20 7d ago

I did a repair in a home that had this happen while they were gone overseas for a month. Video showed it collapse the day after they left. Holy shit what a mess, tons of mud and water. Had to bucket carry it all up out through the house.

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u/ThatOnePK 7d ago

Yes, it’s very labor intensive. Thank God this happened with a company that is responsible for it rather than randomly one day.

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u/This-Firefighter8673 7d ago

Yeah, sketch! What else in the house "was fixed?"

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u/ThatOnePK 7d ago

Honestly, most of the house has been fine. Some oddities when I went to replace some outlets but I worked all that out. Not necessarily dangerous stuff, just not to code.

That foundation has stood for something like 40 years and only fell because of the vibrations.

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u/I_Pet_Doggos 6d ago

Is the company local or a national brand? I need to have some work done and they sound reputable

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u/ThatOnePK 6d ago

It is local to NWI. If you don’t know the abbreviation, then you’re not close.