Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Just say no to crack. I live on the floodplain that used to be very wet until all of the ground water was pumped away and the water table dropped by about, oh, 200 ft or so. That's a bunch of meters, for those not into old fashioned measurements.
One result of the ground water sinking is that the floodplain sediments are slowing compacting. Another result is that my house keeps shifting about. A few years ago a huge crack opened in my front wall- I could see daylight through the wall of my dining room. It eventually closed up.
Right now the back corner of my house is moving around pretty dramatically.
The backside of my kitchen.
It is reaching rather alarming proportions, and of course insurance doesn't cover this sort of thing.
The crack inside the kitchen. And my lovely clock.
I'm hoping like every other time, it will decide to move back.
Door frame movement.
It would be really annoying if the back of my house fell off. Perhaps more annoying than me stepping in dog poop with my barefeet last night. Sigh.
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One result of the ground water sinking is that the floodplain sediments are slowing compacting. Another result is that my house keeps shifting about. A few years ago a huge crack opened in my front wall- I could see daylight through the wall of my dining room. It eventually closed up.
Right now the back corner of my house is moving around pretty dramatically.
The backside of my kitchen.
It is reaching rather alarming proportions, and of course insurance doesn't cover this sort of thing.
The crack inside the kitchen. And my lovely clock.
I'm hoping like every other time, it will decide to move back.
Door frame movement.
It would be really annoying if the back of my house fell off. Perhaps more annoying than me stepping in dog poop with my barefeet last night. Sigh.
