What’s it mean when a house is settling? Can it settle too much?
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Okay… so no scientist here.. heh heh. Living in the Houston, Texas, area for almost my entire 52 years of life, I just want to add that rain, especially flood rains, have a tremendous impact on how a house or any structure settles. My parents home and those in their neighborhood all needed foundation repair numerous times because of flooding. The different areas around Houston that are known for flooding due to Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, or heck, even a heavy downpour, all had the same issue.
This affects the streets, sidewalks, driveways and curbs, as well. Would infrastructures settling be in the same class?? Do the engineers plan this into their designs when building overpasses and such??? I would imagine they would have to factor that into the calculations. Much like the famous bridge builders that forgot to factor in the winds on that ill fated bridge that collapsed shortly after construction was finished. I apologize that I cannot remember where that was located. It was somewhere in the US, maybe in the 40s??
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