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flyer.pdf The house has a lovely view, but it's a fixer. The uneven and broken stone steps are a major trip hazard. We loved it enough to find out from Matt that the heater had a terminal case of corrosion, the heating flues were touching the wood beams but needed at least 6" clearance to not be a fire hazard, the porch was full of dry rot and eventually needed to be replaced, but cheaper than brick would be better, as brick is an earthquake danger. Shore up the foundations with earthquake bolts and tall wall shear panels, stop flue-ing the gas through the chimney (efflorescence). Drainage ditch to the tune of 30K absolutely required, to install bedrooms in the basement. New retaining wall could run 20,30,50K. Sigh. The Ocean View Asbestos insulation, weeping basement, some
More asbestos. Flues vent to chimney. Futile Creosote in Basement Aaron Wachter Was a Tinkerer! Proper drainage system for $30K. Heater Corrosion and Gas Flue Hazard Don't let a contractor tell you otherwise! Adjusting Basement Plan Grid |
Max Cantor: Building Investigator
The house is beautiful!
Quite beyond my ability to describe.
