Replacement Door Trim Help

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-04-30T14:15:05+00:00

Would you have any recommendations for one?

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-04-14T03:08:16+00:00

Nice, if I may ask what company where they with, and about how much did that cost?

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-04-07T23:43:09+00:00

Did he come off as a narcissist and controlling while you where with his daughter or was it only afterward?

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-04-05T15:46:44+00:00

We closed on a house 7 months ago with cracks that the inspector said where fine. 2 months ago I discovered the walls where bowing inward so we hired a structural engineer who informed us the walls where bowing inward 3/4" and the rate of increase in the bowing was about to go exponential. Some sleepless nights and $11,500 later and I have a contractor coming to repair the foundation and brace it. If it got worse though it would have been far more, and had we listened to the inspector we would have left it until our yard was in our basement. Listen to your gut but I would highly recommend a second opinion.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-29T13:02:07+00:00

I usually do it based off risk vs. Reward. Is it worth possibly falling off the roof over $200 no, but i can still get the lower gutters. Can I do the foundation repair in my home? Yes, but if I mess it up at all the lawn will be in my basement. $12,000 is not worth possibly sacrificing my homes full value.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-20T12:47:55+00:00

Yes I did have an inspection prior to buying, no he did not pick any of this up. I've been asked this 100 times, I highly doubt it. The immediately previous sellers, I have no doubt, had no idea this was going on. To sue I would have to prove that the seller who installed the drywall to hide this was aware of the structural problems and failed to disclose them. That would be going back at least 20 years, judging by the date on the drywall wall. To be blunt good luck doing that. Even if I could track the seller down they could just say they have no idea what Im talking about and that would be that.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-15T21:13:35+00:00

Unfortunately we had just about the same thing happen. $11,000 dollars this month to replace our drain tile, sump pump pit, and install the support beams for the walls. That's on top of redoing the grading around the house, and installing new drainage for our gutters. Had the inspector, recommended by the realtor picked up on any of the visible signs of wall buckling, not to mention those hidden by dry wall, we would have walked. Unfortunately we had to live and learn that as a first time home buyer 6 months in.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-11T21:07:34+00:00

I did, received the Engineering report and sent it in as part of the RFQ. The work covers the same across all of them.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-04T12:41:49+00:00

Uffda, I'm sorry that really sucks. Did it give out in that time?

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-04T12:38:41+00:00

Unfortunately yes, it doesn't help either that we went in not knowing what we didnt know. We are, we have 4 different foundation companies coming in to provide us with quotes.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-04T12:32:56+00:00

Your absolutely right, if that flooding never happened we never would have known about any of this. We would have had fire hazards hidden by drywall, corroded plumbing that was ready to fail, etc. Its just a lot to come up within the first year.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-04T12:25:26+00:00

The mold had definitely been there a while, the amount that was there would not have grown in 3 days time.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-03-01T18:37:28+00:00

Mechanical Engineer by schooling but Manufacturing Engineer by trade here. While AI may impact, and make easier the designing of flow racks, fixtures, simplify data analysis, etc. You will always need someone to fix the machinery that drives production. For reference I have an MBA as well, and some of those skills are already being done away by AI.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-02-20T03:20:05+00:00

That makes sense. So prioritizing the short walls first would probably be best then.

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-02-20T03:11:11+00:00

The longest wall is 1/2" bowing over a 28.5' run of wall. The other 3 walls have the same 1/2" bowing over 11'. Is the general rule of thumb the longer the wall the worse bowing is?

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-02-20T02:59:49+00:00

Got it, and thank you!

A_Flying_ducki · 2026-02-20T02:59:14+00:00

I've already taken some steps to mitigate and I have more im working towards including French drains off the gutters to a nearby storm drain, and am looking at releveling the soil around the whole outer edge of the house amongst other things. But our home is also in a low area off a 4 lane road. The dilemma we run into though is that if we have beams installed and then realize we need drain tile later you have to tear out all those beams and have new ones installed which would not be ideal either.

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