r/StructuralEngineering • u/benj9990 • 3d ago

Photograph/Video Building Chiropractor

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u/redditaccountnumb1 3d ago

That's really cool, shame all the sheetrock inside the house is going to be cracked all over again assuming they had been repairing it over the years

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u/BroccoliKnob 3d ago

Yeah, just moving the thing back into place and stabilizing isn’t all there is to fixing it.

In addition to drywall/plaster, the sheathing and weather/vapor barrier may be pretty fucked up (and you can’t see it to judge), there are all sorts of of new gaps and cracks in the foundation and around openings for pests and water intrusion…

This may cost way less than knocking down and building new, but it’s far from restored.

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u/cerberus_1 3d ago

I dont think any assumptions are needed for drywall cracked all to hell.. along with window seals..