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To: ExGeeEye

Yes. It looks like it was pretty close for even that house, the pad is significantly undermined.


27 posted on 09/16/2008 1:07:17 PM PDT by null and void (When you bang your forehead on the ground five times a day, you get brain damage.)
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To: null and void

Per new code requirements, houses in coastal zones have to be built on piles, and above some pre-determined level. The structure is not at all dependant on the “pad” (which in this case appears to be only a non-structural slab. The first floors of coastal homes are generally only ued for garages, etc. All heating/cooling, etc. equipment is above grade by about 1 floor level, typically.

All renovations must meet these new requirements, too, in coastal zones.


30 posted on 09/16/2008 1:18:35 PM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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