Floor collapse

[^woody^]

Floor collapse

Whether this was actually foreseeable is not known

 

[HERTS P&D]

Hey Love, Did the earth move for you.





My question is, What did the survey say???

Andy

 

[joinerjohn]

Dunno what her problem is. A step ladder and she can use the sink.

PS, I see she's still in the kitchen,,, Her husband has obviously got her well trained.

 

[gregers]

just poping down the hole to get a drink.

 

[^woody^]

I am detecting a certain lack of sympathy with that homeowner's predicament

 

[regsmyth]

The perspective is a bit weird - makes her look tiny.

But I can't see what the floor construction is. It almost looks like its just concrete on dirt, but then it's been excavated underneath? I cant see any joists. Eh?

 

[^woody^]

It appears to be a 5 or 6" suspended concrete slab

So having no reinforcement would be a potential reason for it to collapse - its snapped at the edges where it bears into the wall

 

[mysteryman]

It says in another forum that they'd only bought the house the previous day. Their solicitor should have a word or two with the vendor and surveyor.

 

[^woody^]

It would be impossible to detect whether the floor was properly reinforced (or required reinforcement) or not on the Home Buyers Survey which she had done

It seems that an "issue" with the floor was noted on the survey, but it's not clear what this was

 

[noseall]

C rap design lousy concrete.

 

[Newboy]

Looks like a useable kitchen to me - sink, microwave, kettle and bottles of beer