Personally, I despise renovations as well, unless they are simple. Like load bearing wall removal is usually pretty easy and straight forward. There are a ton of the little rectangular 1 story ranch houses w/ a load bearing wall down the middle in my area. They are always looking to remove...
Dold, thanks for the response. The grading is appropriate around all sides. Mostly flat, but with enough slope for water to run off. That was my initial thought that the wall had moved outward, especially since it is on piers. I figured the eccentric loading on the footing from the piers was...
I ran into a odd situation in a roller skating rink this week. The structure is 216x100 feet with the walls constructed of CMU. The long faces are the N and S faces of the building. The SE corner of the building has approx 4" of slab settlement (the area of settlement is approx 20 feet ea way...
