this time i cannot stay quiet and must tell why I havent been around for few days.....
Next to my home in so cal the city is installing a sewage lift station just over the wall .. they drove 47 foot long pieces of steel into the ground.. removed the dirt in the steel... cracks in the dirt appeared .. they fixed.. they worked harder more cracks appeared .. more fillling... they pumped out ground water .. earth moved.. slab cracked..
ceiling and walls crack . slab and walls seperate..cracks gas line. he red tags the house..saying that the house is unsafe to enter due to slab is cracked walls and ceiling is cracked.. stucco is cracked...
I tell them to take there cracks and place them where the crack dont shine.. they put up another tag on the side of the house next to the sewage lift station... guess you all know you all know what this means.. the city is full of crap and i have the hole to prove it
anyway me and my family are well and safe in a hotel.. that the city is paying for... just a huge pain in the rear...
Holy cow. Hope you're holding up okay.
Hang in there beef....just stay on top of those city b**tards and make sure they get it right!
Thoughts are with ya!
C
WOW! I would have never known that was even possible! Any time estimate for repairs? That sounds like structural damage to the foundation. Glad you and family are ok, but what a pain. Wish you were closer, I would bring ribs!
That is horrid! Sorry to hear the news and I hope the city takes care of you. That has got to be tough on the family especially during the holidays.
On the lighter side, has the hotel complained about the smoke from your Bradley on the balcony yet?
Beef,
Sorry to hear that. I remember how big a pain in the arse it was to be out of the house when we had the fire in January. My thoughts are with you and the family and I echo what WTS has said: Don't let the bastages get away with anything!
SD
Sorry to hear about the hassle beefmann, stay strong and let the family treat it as a vacation. Not sure if pork, beef, fowl, lamb or fish is appropriate for this situation much less apple, hickory, cherry, etc.... Can't go wrong with comfort food in a tough situation!
Dude, I'm sorry to hear that.
I hope the city takes care of you.
Sorry to hear this beef.
BTW where are you in S Calif? Me and my son are comeing to calif to visit my mom and sis. Leaving pa on the 20th and going to stay thru the 30th. Would be fun to meet all you calif smokers.
PM me if you would like.
nepas
thanks all .. for as long as I have been a member this form has been my extended family... as for the hotel .. after my first 8 rack of ribs that was shared and made the cheif jealious everything is cool.. most every one is here waiting for the next go round and the cook is handing me the meat .. and more then 2 - 4 rack bradleys can handle...
told the hotel to change there name to the smoking joint inn... hehehe... and im in westminster currently and not knowing to far into the future
the city is paying the hotel bills currently and the food... hehehe funny thing is the hotel is not charging us a dime for meals as long as i smoke the meats for them...
thanks all for your thoughts, warm wishes and prayers
Beefmann
SS.. all the damage started sunday nov. 30 and the ground is still not stable.. we are going to be out of that home for a while and maybe be getting a new residence out of it... just got to wait and see
You have smokers at the Hotel?
hehe.. acutally 1
You just go Beef!! You just might win a lot of new friends on this mission! [trying to be positive here]. You are truely a Bradley survivor!
Sorry to hear this Beef, although it sounds like you're keeping your chin up, i hope you get back to normal asap ;)
Btw, if you're smoking in that hotel, why not call Johnny owrstrich, he's very partial to a hotel smoking session! (http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s62/Gitster59/Eeeeeek.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/evilgrin/evilgrin0039.gif)
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Sorry to hear about your problems beefmann, hope they get something sorted for you by Christmas. Best wishes to you and yours. :)
Sorry to hear about you situation. I hope everything gets resolved soon.
Beefman is still smokin!
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Beef you are an inspiration on making a bad situation livable. I hope everything gets resolved soon.
Beefman, Hang in there. Sounds like we will have a couple new people joining our Forum Family. You keep spoiling them with the Bradley they will be buying them and joining us here. Keep on that city and I would make sure the city builds you a new house. It will come around to bite you in the backside later. Something will go wrong down the road and they will try to weasel out of it and you will get screwed ou tof a bunch of money. That could be used to purchase food for the smoker. Good Luck.
Beefmann,
Sorry to hear about the problems with your house. Hope it is resolved quickly.
Deb
hey all,
currently the city is paying for the hotel reimbursing us for meals, We also have been in communication with attorneys.. 1 that already was on tthe property tuesday befor we got kicked out in which he had made his presence felt when he chatted with the city and had indicated that we had called him, he is going to check into check into a few things and go fromand there..
We also have a neighbor litterly across the street that is a real estate agent that we will be using to look at homes and she is customer first anald had provided a lot of useful information.. she has also heen in contact with the city and was talking with them about us and whats situration with our home..
I do believe due the realationshps that i have set up over they years in the neighborhood people are stepping up to help me in my time of time of need. along with the people in this forum...
again thanks all
beefmann
Beef, I'm sorry to learn of your misfortune. Hope all goes well for you. Gotta love smoking for the hotel staff! :D Sounds like all that smoked food you distributed throughout your neighborhood is paying dividends for you.
Good luck my friend,
KyNola
thanks ky ..
the hotel staff has been great and the smoked food that i have distrubiated to my neighbors are paying off..
Atta a boy Beefman! ;)
Life's too short not to take the challenges it throws at ya with a smile.
Hope everything works out good for ya Beef! ;)
Mike
Sorry to hear of misfortune Beefman. I hope things resolve themselves quickly and to your liking. Your attitude is a true example of the type person you appear to be. Your neighbors are blessed to have a friend like you. Hence, they will step up when the need arises. Your gifts will return ten fold.
sorry to hear about that.
sewer work is the s.hits.
Sorry to hear about your situation, but REAL glad an attorney and realitor are involved. Here in Florida (especially with the current economy), the city will not look out for your best interests and will short change you if possible.
wildcat you hit the nail on the head ... funny thing is we had an attorney on the property on the premises befor they red taged it and he let them ( the city ) know that he is there on our behalf and is gonna check into a few things.
as for the reailtor shes is a neighbor that has hired me in to rewire her hsidome prior to this mess...and shes more customer based rather then profit based.. now we may consider some sort of trading services... all in all its a positive experiance with tionhe city so far in a bad situration...
I just hope that though communications that a good outome occures
Looks like you are in good control. Make sure they pay for everything - moving, storage, inconvienance, etc. With a little luck, you may wind up coming out of this smelling like a rose.
so far so good and everything is been on the up and up from the city .. just need to be paicent to see that the city is gonna do and take it from there
They'll do the right thing beef....it'll be good...and with all of the the foreclosures out here...you could probably get a killer home for a song!!! I'd be rather skeptical if they offered to "fix" your home. Slab cracks are not that big a deal...but it sounds like you have "twisting" going on...(which can also be fixed...very expensive) it might be less exspensive for the City to "contribute" to another home (in this market) rather then attempt to fix yours and carry the structural liability for 10 years.
Let us know what the "poop" is when you know!!
La Q
thanks for the information and will keep that in mind while dealing with the city
Beef, just curious. Is your house on a slab or a foundation with a crawl space?
slab and it has dropted 3 inches the last time i saw it on wensday... I believe that the 50 % of is compromised... and half of the sewer lines
What the heck did they do find a sink hole next to your house?
they actually dug the sing hole..
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the construction site and my home
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the hole
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side door back door of garage
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the valley of house and garage shingles lifting, vent cap near top peak of garage above house lifting
Beefman it will only get better!! Like they said in the other post its all about your attitude!! Keep your chin up and drive on!!
Hey Beefmann.....
Just wanted to check on you and see how you were doing. Did the city take care of you guys yet? Is everyone doing ok?
I hope all is well. Just wanted to follow up. Hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas!
Jeff
We would all like to know as this plays out. Ever since you posted this, I'm at a loss for words. MAN where do you live?!!! After 30 years in the construction business, it scares me that something like this could happen to me. It sounds that they did all the right things. The metal stuff that they drove in the ground is sheet piling. Supports the surrounding earth so they don't have to lay back the sides and have to dig a HUGE hole. Pretty strictly regulated by OSHA and others. I've been pondering what caused it, but not knowing the geologic/soil conditions it is only a guess.
1. When driving the piling, the vibration caused a consolidation of a soil seam, probably a sandy seam.
2. When driving the piling they cut a water pipe of some type or diverted an underground stream and the water is gouging out a cave/sink hole under your
house.
3. When they pumped out the ground water, somehow that caused a settlement.
4. Your house was built on partially uncompacted, or incorrectly compacted fill and the pile driving caused it so consolidate and settle.
5. There was already a void under your footings and the vibration was the straw that finally broke the camel's back.
a few surprizes 1 bad and the rest good , the bad first is the city tated that the house is destroyed and they dont want the liability of going through this again in the future,
now the good, they are going to buy us a new ( to us any way ) a new home of equal value and even offered to purchase our personal property due to it costing more then it would to cataloge and store it... they will allow us to keep some furnature and personal items and purchase te rest... smell a new bradley and plasma tv... ;D ;D ;D ;D
as for some of caney questions
there was vibrations from the pilings that was driveninto the ground which may have loosened the ground, as they removed the dirt inside there excavation site .. there was ground silppage hoizontal the deeper they went they went the wider the cracks... finally the construction company hit what the superintendant called a uderground stream and it released a lot of water back into the excavation site, that is when we started having structual damage on november 30 and december 2 we were out of our home and been out ever sence, and the excavationd site has been shut down ever sence.
over all.. all is well and still have things to take care of such as find a new home.. ( late x mas gift?) all will be better after the first of the year..
thank you all for your support and concerns during this stressfull time in my and my family life
Beefmann