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~~E~~~~s iNC. <br />Environmental • Management • Geotechnical <br />March 16, 1995 <br />Mr. and Mrs. Tatum <br />8703 Bonhomme <br />Houston, Texas 77074 <br />Subject: Report of Site Visit Observations <br />Tatum Residence <br />12630 Highway 12 <br />Weston, Las Animas County, Colorado <br />Our Project No. 25,016-01 <br />Dear Mr. and Mrs. Tatum: <br />In this letter, Aguirre Engineers, Inc. presents the results of our visit to the subject residence <br />on February 23, 1995. The purpose of the visit was to observe site conditions and to develop <br />geotechnical engineering opinions with respect to cracking which has recently occurred. Also <br />present during the site visit was Mr. Carl Gerity of Pioneer Engineering. <br />BACKGROUND INFORMATION <br />The Solitario Ranch residence is a one and two-story structure constructed in the 1930's. The <br />structure is built of adobe, and is coated with plaster on the inside and stucco on the eMerior. <br />For purposes of this report, the front of the residence is considered to be east. The east <br />portion of the residence has two stories, and the longer west portion has one story. Attached <br />to the west end and extending southward is a covered patio that connects to a two-car <br />garage. The area immediately south of the residence and east of the patio is a garden <br />enclosed by a low adobe wall. Based on photographs observed at your residence taken of the <br />home in the 1930's, this wall was part of the residence in the 1930's. <br />The residence has been inspected previously by residential inspectors, and structural, <br />geotechnical and mining engineers. A list of reports of these inspections that we have <br />reviewed is attached. <br />OBSERVATIONS <br />Exterior Observations <br />We observed the residence beginning with the south side, and then proceeding to the east, <br />north and west sides. There are a number of cracks visible in the exterior surface of the <br />south face of the building. The cracks are distinctly different at the single story west portion <br />than at the two-story east portion. There are cracks extending upward and downward from <br />each of the windows and upward from the corners of the doors. The cracks in the west single <br />r:b,oiscc•~zsor edl.nr <br />~ 3276 Easr Fremonr Place . P O. Box 381a .Englewood. Colorado 80155-381a . U S.A .303-199-8378 . FAX 303-799-8392 <br />