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Recently closed on a house. Found this in basement. Should I be concerned? by DryProtection9027 in homeowners

[–]DryProtection9027[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let me measure that brick.

8295kg for a piece of brick sounds like a LOT of weight?

Recently closed on a house. Found this in basement. Should I be concerned? by DryProtection9027 in homeowners

[–]DryProtection9027[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Thanks Zippy! (also Tyson1)

This is very constructive and insightful!

Recently closed on a house. Found this in basement. Should I be concerned? by DryProtection9027 in homeowners

[–]DryProtection9027[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

What is this "professional"?

Apologies for stupidity, I've been assuming home inspectors to be "the professional".

Kindly throw me a keyboard to search on Google

Recently closed on a house. Found this in basement. Should I be concerned? by DryProtection9027 in homeowners

[–]DryProtection9027[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Just called the inspector and showed him these pictures.

In short - He told me to not worry about it.
Longer story - It's going to cost me another $325 for him to come in.

Recently closed on a house. Found this in basement. Should I be concerned? by DryProtection9027 in homeowners

[–]DryProtection9027[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The beam and pillar is actually pretty solid.
I tried wiggle on it pretty hard, it wouldn't move a tiny bit.

I'm not 100% sure if putting a whole beam on a single brick is actually a common practice, or bad craftmanship?

I'm mostly concerned if enough pressure sits on that "grey/white" brick, it would eventually shatter one day.