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SEND BY.= ~: 7 95 :10~22AM 0 S• 303 832 8106:# 3/ 5 <br />l~oxarrovM K~~- <br />TO: Ms. Ann Tatum <br />DA'ITi: ; :. lone S0, i995 . <br />PAGP: 2 <br />FaundaHon Inspection <br />With respect.to our observations of the foundations which support the east <br />end of the house, Mr. Pendleton may recall from his own crawl space <br />mcpedition that the transverse foundation wall which supports the west end <br />of the two story (east) portion of the house was ace~asible and appeared to be <br />in generally good mndilion. Furthermore, there~were one or two ppi1pe close <br />opentnga in this transverse wall through which you mold shine n >`lashlight - <br />but not see much of anything. <br />.So that. there is no misunderstaading or inadvertent misrepresentation of <br />our observations: we tried but couldn't stake a detailed Inspection of the <br />eastern'fotmdationa. However, we have no reason to believe that they,are <br />not in reasonably good condition. . <br />IFSrtsrioi Finishes <br />Ivir_ Pendleton questions our observation and comment that exterior cracking <br />was not as widespread and' pronounced as the interior craclcln,g which+ we <br />believe can perhaps be explained by the abUity of the exterior reinforced stucco <br />finish to minimize surface craddng. <br />It is.not unmatmon when we inspect a residential or commeraal structure <br />that there is a disparity between degree of distress found on the exterior <br />versus the interior of the building. The differenv2 can often be attributed to <br />the tendency for some finish materials to be more "forg[virtg" than others. <br />For example, a brick clad structure may quickly manifest some distress from <br />even fairly subtle foundation movements with no appredable damage noted <br />within. Conversely, a house with wood siding may appear to be in good <br />condition from the outside and yet exhibit extensive cracking of the interior <br />drywall fetishes. <br />In thin particular instance, we made the general observation that the more <br />pronounced evidence of structural movement is apparent from within the <br />house. Upon reflection, this observation made sense to us, due to t'~e <br />presence of an exterior finish that contains wire mesh <br />the growth of cracks (which >s why wa usually put it <br />typically reinforce modern concrete structures). <br />which tends to restrain <br />in stucco and why we <br />r~ <br />_~ <br />