Recent content by usmaak

While it may or may not amount to much, I have literally no experience. So I am really just gathering ideas from people that likely know more about all of this than I do. I have an appointment set up with a structural engineer after the holidays.

I see cracks in the streets that are likely related to this. My driveway has always been a problem. The blocks have separated and some have sunk. The only option, other than putting in a new driveway, is to caulk the control joints to keep water out. My neighbor's driveway sunk and split in...

Thanks. I hope there is a way to fix it because the non-stop thunking noises are maddening.

Attached is an image of the pipe running from the second floor shower to the basement. This is an outside wall. Because I wasn't around for the construction of this house, I had the builder take pictures for me. I was lucky to get this one so that I could see how it was built. After I take a...

This is exactly how houses in Colorado are designed. The soils are expansive and they have to account for it in all of their construction. I am not 100% sure on how basements are built, but I believe that the floor floats. It is divided into big blocks with control joints that allow the...

Why would they care? I've never even been late on a payment.

Not to my knowledge. Most of the oil/gas extraction is taking place 20+ miles to the NE and while they do use horizontal fracking in this area, I don't think that they're going under this town. I have asked my neighbors if they have noticed any issues and I'm the only one that has any...

I've been puzzling this out for a week. I'm not sure how long this has been going on. The enclosed pictures are the basement steps in my soon to be eight year old home. The basement is unfinished and the steps go down to a landing and then down the rest of the way to the basement. The only...

My house is seven years old and I've been living here since it was new. It started out quiet but over the years it's become kind of a nightmare for someone who doesn't like things to make noise. I have lived in a lot of homes and this one is by and far the loudest of them. Pipes in the walls...