First question , where did all the foundation drains and roof , driveway water drain to , i have seen to many places where the storm drainage goes out to the side hill , add a septic field in the same area and you have a recipe for soil failure.
Some friends in California bought a house in coastal California. Their front door is about 50 yards from a 40' cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Of course, I knew that the Pacific Coast eroded. All you have to do is look at the boulders that make up the beach to realize that it erodes.
But I didn't know how abruptly it eroded or how much eroded at a time.
The last time we visited was about 10 years ago. About 20 yards in front of their house the land has slumped about three feet. It just dropped. The road that passes in front of their house was split right down the middle and is now unusable.
They've since moved to Washington State but they still own the house. I'd hate to be a Realtor trying to sell it.
I wonder if they did a geotechnical study of the area. I will bet they didn’t. Let the finger pointing and lawsuits begin as the developer, and city and homeowners play the blame game. And the guy across the street? He better get his bug out bag ready. Having done geotech myself, these slides tend to keep back breaking until they toe out against something on the other side. Looking at the escarpment, there’s a good chance he’s going for a ride too.
My wife has always been firm with our buys. No mountain edge and no waterfront. We agree.
Better throw in flood plain in there. I see new houses being built in “500” year flood plain around here. The 500 year flood plain that flooded in 64 and might really be a 50 or 100 year flood plain.
My wife has always been firm with our buys. No mountain edge and no waterfront. We agree.
Ed, you are likely right. I have a cabin that sits 125 yds away from a river called S. Fork Flambeau River in NW WIs. It is 125 yds from the water and it sliding toward the river. In 34 yrs it has moved about 16" toward the river. It is on pilasters however , and not a basement , but still, you would think they would know better than build on that soft dirt.
My wife has always been firm with our buys. No mountain edge and no waterfront. We agree.
Hmm, explain all the homes that are on steep hillsides around the mediterranean that have never slid down a hill. Some of these homes have been there for centuries.
My wife has always been firm with our buys. No mountain edge and no waterfront. We agree.
Hmm, explain all the homes that are on steep hillsides around the mediterranean that have never slid down a hill. Some of these homes have been there for centuries.
The houses are likely on rock. Like I said, I have a cabin 125 yds from the water and it is still sliding to the river . It slid about 12" , maybe more in 25 yrs. It is very loamy soil though .
My wife has always been firm with our buys. No mountain edge and no waterfront. We agree.
Hmm, explain all the homes that are on steep hillsides around the mediterranean that have never slid down a hill. Some of these homes have been there for centuries.
The houses are likely on rock. Like I said, I have a cabin 125 yds from the water and it is still sliding to the river . It slid about 12" , maybe more in 25 yrs. It is very loamy soil though .
Exactly. No one in their right mind puts it on dirt unless of course they spend a ton on underpinnings which would really jack up the price.
Years ago, I lived in Boise. I had a co-worker who owned a house on a steep hillside. When they excavated for the house, they put the dirt on the downhill side and made a lawn on it. After a few years, we had a very wet winter. The ground soaked up and come spring, the entire lawn just slide down the hill. It left the house undamaged but right on the edge of a steep dropoff.
Geomorphic and hazard vulnerability assessment of recent residential developments on landslide-prone terrain: the case of the Traverse Mountains, Utah, USA
Geomorphic and hazard vulnerability assessment of recent residential developments on landslide-prone terrain: the case of the Traverse Mountains, Utah, USA
Lotta peeps in the SL Valley are gonna get wet feet this late spring
My wife has always been firm with our buys. No mountain edge and no waterfront. We agree.
Hmm, explain all the homes that are on steep hillsides around the mediterranean that have never slid down a hill. Some of these homes have been there for centuries.
I looked at a house locally built on a creek bank about 20' above the creek and was trying to slide into the creek. The back of the house was splitting off and the foundation was broken. I couldn't see any reasonable way of fixing it, by the time you drove pilings into the back of the house it would have exceeded the value of the already broken house. Someone lost there a$$ on that one, and it was old enough it wasn't the builder.
They built that house at the HEAD of a gully, a valley formed by erosion? Are they blind?
No geologist or geological engineer was consulted, that's for sure. If they were they need to be sued.
It amazes me when people build homes on the edges of unconglomerated sediment cliffs next to the ocean, or on the outside bend of a meandering river, or right down to the lakeshore again on unconsolidated structure.
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