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Expert witness inspections

So said that that top flashing really needs to be replaced surrounds the window a bit of tidy up so with the backyard detail expert witness inspections specialist have got this paved area the relaying access and then the drop down towards the rear door there is a gator drain to next to the rear door and that lower section very important to keep those drains clear at all times.  So you don’t get flooding of the surrounding areas there should those drains block a bit of penetrating damp pad to the walls in inevitable in these details try and seal them up as best as possible paving little bit of settlement you know there are only bricks over a sub grade in this instance retaining walls evidence of penetrating dancer no damn course on the rear side of those retaining walls.  That sort of moisture will keep evaporating from the retaining walls the steps outdo the relay rotational movement some of those details remains some degree of reconstruction unfortunately with the trees

Performing a Building Inspection Report

That we are coming across this back wall so it definitely needs further evaluation definitely need repairs when I see a movement like this Building Inspection Report my suspicion is this is caused by the foundation not caused so much by water so definitely need a structural engineer here to evaluate and recommend repairs now remember it's not our job to tell them how to fix something in fact most things. If we tell them how to fix it were crossing the line you cannot act as a structural engineer I can't tell you you know you need to epoxy inject down we can talk about typical maintenance reports repairs a lot of times they'll do this a lot of times they'll do that but you can't say you need to get this epoxy injected or you need to get helical piers on this that's way beyond the scope of home inspection it's way beyond what we're supposed to do your job is to point of the defect that walls crack. We have that fluorescence moisture intr