Tuesday, August 9, 2011

When will it end?

Today a foundation company will come to repair what the plumbing company damaged a couple of Fridays ago.  You'll need to go here and here oh and here to get some background, but if you are up to speed let me fill you in on the latest.

Last time I posted about our unexpected project I let on that there was some damage.  Just look at the picture above!

While the plumbers were jackhammering for 6-8 hours on that Friday they inadvertently cut a post tension cable in our foundation.  This is not good!  I will not go into the whole post tension slab, but think about it as it helps hold the foundation together and keeps it from shifting.  It is under about 30,000 pounds of pressure/tension. 


The cable shot out the back of our foundation/house.  Concrete was found out in the yard. They were due to come back after the city inspected the new pipe.

The drain pipe had been replaced so everything was set for the city to come, inspect and give the plumbing company the green light.  Or so they thought.   


The inspector took one look down in the hole and saw there was no post tension cable. He saw the outside(the pictures you are seeing)of the house and "red tagged" the whole job until it is repaired.

We knew it was broken. We knew we had not had this damage to the outside of our home the day before they started jackhammering into our slab.

We also knew it could possibly cause some major problems. 

The plumbing company was in disbelief that they had done this.  Thank God for the city inspector!!!!


So today a foundation company will come out, cut more of the wood floor, jack hammer some more(inside and on the patio)and get this fixed.........I pray.
They say 2-3 hours which translate to me 4-5. Regardless of the time it will take I want it fixed!
I want this all to be over and move on.  I don't want to keep asking myself, "When will it end?!"

1 comment:

Renee, Lindsey, and Lauren Fontenot said...

Thinking of you today, and looking forward to seeing you this week!