Things seen this week during structural assessments!

In Rolling Hills Estates, the constant land movement is causing this home to rip apart.

The house is splitting down the middle as the shifting ground beneath it destabilizes the foundation.

Massive cracks have formed in the walls and floors, and the kitchen cabinets are pulling away from the walls. The structural integrity of the home is quickly worsening as the ground movement continues.

This girder is split in two. A girder is meant to distribute the load of the structure evenly across the foundation. With this damage, the home is no longer properly supported, posing significant structural risks.

This home has 6 internal stem walls, all severely affected by spalling.

The damage appears to come from long-neglected plumbing issues, which not only caused spall damage but also led to parts of the interior floor being uplifted. With the stem walls weakened, they can no longer provide adequate support for the home.

On the right, you can see an old block wall originally built to support this deck. On the left are stacked CMU block walls that were added in an attempt to terrace the hillside. However, these walls lack rebar reinforcement and concrete-filled cells, making them structurally unstable.

Over time, the walls have started sliding down the hillside.

This deck's foundation was not properly built to hillside building codes.

A small landslide caused by a burst irrigation line further undermined the deck’s footing, which also lacked the proper embedment for stability.

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