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<blockquote data-quote="ProBusiness" data-source="post: 1581824" data-attributes="member: 6145"><p>Is there a footing? Can you poke a rod, rebarb, down that hole you show in the picture and see if there is concrete under the stem wall. </p><p></p><p>I am not a builder but i thought a footing was required for city inspection to buy off on a build.</p><p></p><p>If there is a footing, then one or two doors sticking and even some small cracks in the sheetrock, and cracks in the stemwall is not unusual in OK during a hot summer much less this extremely hot and dry summer. It would be nice if all new houses did not settle but they do.</p><p></p><p>To me, a recommendation for a retaining wall, means the engineers believe your house will eventually settle/slip in a particular direction. I do not know if a warranty will address this, probably not. </p><p></p><p>In my neighborhood, most houses have settled to the west as they were build on a gradual slope down to the west. lots were filled to make them level but this dirt/foundation/stem walls all shifted to the west. About 70% of houses have had to be peered, either because they were slipping away or was required as a condition of selling them. </p><p></p><p>If your warranty covers peering, then get a structural engineer to say it needs peering, present this finding to the builder telling him he has 15 days to respond. Stay on top of this. I do not know this builder and do not want to say anything bad about him. That being said, you may have to fight like a pitbull to get anything done. Spending a few hundred dollars now is better than footing the entire bill of peering which could be - what $8000 - $18,000</p><p></p><p>My house has 17 peers. it was peered when I bought it. This is a good thing. But this summer my back door, front door, and one bedroom door are sticking and I have a couple of new cracks in the sheetrock. I know my house is not going very far but with this extremely dry weather this is not uncommon.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ProBusiness, post: 1581824, member: 6145"] Is there a footing? Can you poke a rod, rebarb, down that hole you show in the picture and see if there is concrete under the stem wall. I am not a builder but i thought a footing was required for city inspection to buy off on a build. If there is a footing, then one or two doors sticking and even some small cracks in the sheetrock, and cracks in the stemwall is not unusual in OK during a hot summer much less this extremely hot and dry summer. It would be nice if all new houses did not settle but they do. To me, a recommendation for a retaining wall, means the engineers believe your house will eventually settle/slip in a particular direction. I do not know if a warranty will address this, probably not. In my neighborhood, most houses have settled to the west as they were build on a gradual slope down to the west. lots were filled to make them level but this dirt/foundation/stem walls all shifted to the west. About 70% of houses have had to be peered, either because they were slipping away or was required as a condition of selling them. If your warranty covers peering, then get a structural engineer to say it needs peering, present this finding to the builder telling him he has 15 days to respond. Stay on top of this. I do not know this builder and do not want to say anything bad about him. That being said, you may have to fight like a pitbull to get anything done. Spending a few hundred dollars now is better than footing the entire bill of peering which could be - what $8000 - $18,000 My house has 17 peers. it was peered when I bought it. This is a good thing. But this summer my back door, front door, and one bedroom door are sticking and I have a couple of new cracks in the sheetrock. I know my house is not going very far but with this extremely dry weather this is not uncommon. [/QUOTE]
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