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Foundation maintenance and footing performance Hi, just an update - had several discussions with engineer and concreters and it seems there could be several main causes for concrete subsiding at this site: 1. badly compacted soil over the sewer that runs along the fence on the neighbour's...

hi vbplease, I honestly trying to sort it out as I planned to keep this property for a while - may be another 6-7 years, so don't want to get into bigger problems. I now actually emailed a structural engineer but he said "as there is not any evidence of structural problems with the house (cracks...

Ahh why haven't I thought ot that myself! Thank you Scott :)!! Still clinging to the hope there is nothing wrong underneath but feel I should better be safe than sorry...

Thank you Scott, I asked the plumber but the stormwater pipe is going in the opposite direction from this corner of the house. There is a sewerage pipe about 2 m away but it is on the neighbours side going along the fence, and it is 2m deep so probably unlikely to cause the problem. Re saw...

Thank you for the reply Macca446, The property is in Ormond ( south-east Melbourne). I was thinking about the building consultant and called one to discuss, but he said the same - pull up the concrete.. I might try calling someone else.. Thanks, Ira

Hi everyone, I have been a property investor for a while but never posted on Somersoft forum before... I have an unusal problem with one of my properties. It is a brick veneer unit about 25 years old, and at the last inspection I noticed that the concrete path around the back of the house...