My house

My house built in 1929 was suffering from ground movement, with one corner 250mm lower than the opposite corner, and cracks in the walls. All the internal doors swung open or shut, with a very noticeable slope on the floors.



Demolition 2002 and rebuilding!















Time for a fresh start ( this time with thrirty six 600mm dia reinforced concrete piles 12m deep.)

Hi Beaker.
Sorry to hear for your house, was there anything salvageable from it, like the windows, or was it just easier, cheaper and quicker, just to get it over and done with?
Have you got any plans to show, for your new build?
I hope it goes well for you,
Thanks,
Tom.

BUGGER!!!

bloody hell thats bad luck,did the insurance pay anything out

Well,I have seen it all now,exploring ones own house whilst its being demo`d has to be a first!

klempner69 said:

Well,I have seen it all now,exploring ones own house whilst its being demo`d has to be a first!

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Pfft, there aren't even any interior pictures.

M

something you don't see to often exploring your own home ?

ThenewMendoza said:

Pfft, there aren't even any interior pictures.

M

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True,so as they say,pics up or it didnt happen!!!!

Strewth! Think you're gonna need a bigger skip too.

I have the same problem, my house has subsidance . My doors also either swing open or shut !!
Was built on an old clay pit filled in.
It been up 40 years and has not fell down yet, it seems to have settled now.
I have seen some houses in ex mining towns with real bad movement problems due to mine shafts falling in below foundations.
Its true, once a house has moved substantially , there is little the insurance companies can do except offer to re build your property on better foundations . (usually they will try to wriggle out of doing anything though as they dont want to pay up ! )

THE ODEON

Says 2002:

beaker said:

Demolition 2002 and rebuilding!

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You'd hope he has a new house built by now

rjg_scotland said:

Says 2002:



You'd hope he has a new house built by now

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Tis what i was thinking!

It took a while (15 years ) for the insurance to finally pay up, but we eventually got a reasonable settlement and we were able to build a nice new modern house with the additional input of some extra cash.

But we are still having window problems, with all the windows due to be replaced... soon.

Just before demolition, our late teenage kids had a party, and the place got a bit trashed. ( So don't let your kids have an unsupervised party at your house!)

These pics are after clearing up.









I managed to salvage some stuff, and got several hundred pounds for all the floorboards, the doors, velux windows, electrical stuff.





And just down the road.... more rebuilding.

Blimey!!! I hope the new one is better.

Hope everything gets sorted out out Beaker.

It must be a weird and not entirely pleasant experince seeing your home being the demolished.

Pretty good party then...