rumtim2
May 22nd, 2008, 12:44 PM
My friend became a first-time home owner just about a year ago. Recently she noticed some problems in her basement. One wall (drywall) seemed soft near the bottom. She had a handy friend come in to investigate. The handy friend pulled away the soggy drywall to discover DIRT on the other side. Pulling back more drywall revealed dirt about a foot up from the floor, all the way around 3 sides of the basement. Higher up, there was concrete as you would expect. The house is a semi-detached, so the 4th wall connects to the other house.
It would appear that the basement was lowered by the previous owner, without the benefit of an actual professional. There is no benching around the dug down part. No concrete to hold it up. Just a bit of drywall which quickly became soggy. Right now she's looking at tens of thousands of dollars to fix the basement, and she better do it quick before something bad happens to the foundation! What a disaster.
It would appear that the basement was lowered by the previous owner, without the benefit of an actual professional. There is no benching around the dug down part. No concrete to hold it up. Just a bit of drywall which quickly became soggy. Right now she's looking at tens of thousands of dollars to fix the basement, and she better do it quick before something bad happens to the foundation! What a disaster.
