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Mar 29, 2012
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Well, yes... But it claims the buyers own survey says "floor not reinforced". The weird thing is a) The concrete slab looks very thin - 3-4" b) If there is such a void under the floor, even a 4" reinforced slab wouldn't have stayed there long. I'm not sure how a 4' deep void…
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Well, yes...
But it claims the buyers own survey says "floor not reinforced".
The weird thing is
a) The concrete slab looks very thin - 3-4"
b) If there is such a void under the floor, even a 4" reinforced slab wouldn't have stayed there long. I'm not sure how a 4' deep void could have "suddenly" appreared, so I assume the floor was designed to span it.
So I'm wondering what we cannot see in the pictures - was there a concrete beam or 3 that failed? Some brick pillars? It all looks very odd as the only type of concrete floor that could withstand spanning a void of that size that I've personally come across would be a beam and block - and they don't usually fail - at least not all at once.
Which makes me suspect the original design was badly bodged - but I still cannot see how exactly.
Water leaks can cause voids like that.
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