weariedfae
@weariedfae@lemmy.world
- Comment on Raccoon Poop 4 months ago:
Racoons also basically create latrines where they will all go in the same spot.
And there’s some really bad (bacteria? pathogen?) in it so you have to take extra extra precautions when cleaning a raccoon latrine.
- Comment on brains! 5 months ago:
But poltergeist cat is real!
- Comment on pew pew 5 months ago:
No you were supposed to read [The Oatmeal](theoatmeal.com/comics/mantis_shrimp.
- Comment on Toothless is real!! 5 months ago:
I can’t pay attention to the cuteness because I’m trying to figure out the photo credit. Do… do they not believe in et al.?
- Comment on Feral Science 5 months ago:
Pretty sure I have photographic evidence of the leaf monster I spawned to terrorize the overgrown creek bed into revealing its outcroppy secrets.
- Comment on Feral Science 5 months ago:
Actual cannibal Shia Lebeouf?
- Comment on AI are like shitty palm readers/fortune tellers 5 months ago:
Look man, all I know is it makes writing cover letters way faster.
- Comment on xkcd #3004: Wells 5 months ago:
We’ve known that groundwater existed for verifiably more than 7,000 years (the age of the oldest well ever found). Springs and seeps are easily observable groundwater coming up out of the ground. I seriously doubt it was stumbled into by accident. We probably started by modifying springs for our use and then dug in other places to see if we could tap into the same source.
- Comment on Ahoy me hearties 5 months ago:
Truth
- Comment on Friendship is Universal 6 months ago:
Apparently not but mostly inconclusive.
- Comment on Foundation crack 6 months ago:
Good points, I withdraw my DIY comment and reiterate that this is structural damage that needs to be looked at by professionals.
- Comment on Foundation crack 6 months ago:
This comment does not constitute professional advice and whatever else I have to say that clearly indicates this is not my professional opinion.
These cracks appear structural in nature.
They do need to be repaired and probably by someone who can rule out other factors. Mostly I’m concerned about the large aperture crack between the blocks at the top as a source of water infiltration and maybe even pests but that’s not my purview.
You probably don’t need a structural engineer but a foundation repair company should take a look at it.
If you DIY it I would document the cracks really well and check on them regularly. I don’t really recommend DIY simply due to the large aperture crack up top. Were I there in person I would look at the penetration of it (how deep does the crack go?) to determine more. If it penetrates deeply, again, I would recommend having someone look at it.
That being said are you on a hill of any kind? Did these cracks appear the same day as the earthquake or after? The larger one looks older. Do you have other cracks in the foundation? Sticky doors or windows? If you’re on a hill at all I would reach out to a geotechnical firm as these cracks, if they’re not directly earthquake related, could be indicators of slope instability.
Also are you in a floodplain? Old filled in estuary? There could have been significant settlement during the earthquake that may need to be addressed.
Homeowner’s insurance, in my experience, will not fix earthquake damage. If you live in an earthquake prone area I recommend you purchase a separate earthquake policy. Ours is about $40/month.