A few years ago I spoke to another engineer at a social event for an engineering society that I belong to. He was quite pleased with what he did for a living – he evaluated insurance claims for insurance companies that homeowners placed. He prided himself with finding reasons to deny any and all claims…

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Crawl Space

By George W. Runkle III, MS, PE, SE Crawl spaces in old houses present unique challenges and considerations for homeowners and renovators alike. If you’re considering purchasing a very old house, particularly one in the range of 100 years old or more, it’s essential to understand what you might find in the crawl spaces in…

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Surprisingly, it’s not necessary or advisable to repair every defect in a house. Normally what we will do in that case is give a number of alternatives in our report. We then layout the pluses and minuses of each alternative. Many times it our foundation repair engineering indicates it’s flamingly obvious that repairing the house…

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