Recent content by Cyanide

Unfortunately I know my insurance won’t cover earthquake damage. At this point I think I am going to spend the winter sighting levels and measuring everything, again, and again, and again. I am going to also spend that time learning what I can about all of this stuff. If I notice little...

Ah, the plot thickens. It turns out that we had an earthquake in the region while I was gone in the summer on holiday that did cause damage to some properties. Then, when we got back is when I started noticing the odd behaviour with the boiler/in floor heating. So, this chain of events was...

Thanks Jeff. I really appreciate your input. For clarity, the house is at the top of the slope so only a small portion of the house is actually "on the slope". That said, the evestrophe downspouts got all replaced today. I just got back from the house, where I revised my measurements again...

4/4 Now, the measurements I get is that the floor slab is lower along lake slope facing wall, but instead of level along the lakefront wall, it is slightly dipped towards where that gap in the wall is, where the infloor heating is likely ruptured. Further, and this is the kicker....that whole...

3/4. I told you this would get long. We continue. In a panic I get a foundation guy in to see the house. He does some rough measurements (I end up doing them better later in the story). He declares the foundation is sinking, which was the fear I was already having. The distal corner (the...

2/4. So, having isolated the leak, I walk around the foundation to see if I can get some hints. I find a large moisture stain right at the middle of the east foundation wall (facing the lake, facing down the slope). This stain starts to evapourate over the next couple of days, now that the...

1/4. This will be a long story. Just warning you. I have a lakehouse on Sylvan Lake, Alberta. It is at the top of a large slope. Thinking about it as I write this, I would put this at 30 degrees, I think that's roughly a 50% slope. It has infloor heating (propylene, water 50:50, attached...

I will indeed startup some threads in the appropriate sections and post pictures to give people a better feel for the situations. As for the plumbing...maybe its not gray pex, but I thought it was. I will have to look into that further. At one point a pipe did fail in the upstairs bathroom...

Hello all. As you can imagine, I have joined this forum because I have started a reno job on my house and I am seeking help. But, I don't need help yet (well, actually I do)...I have joined this forum in anticipation of all the work ahead of me. I figure I have about 2 years of...