On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 19:53:21 -0600, "GraceCat"
wrote:

Thankfully our health is fine here but... We ran into a slight (BIG)
construction problem. One of our walls wobbles. It's not a support wall,
in fact they pulled it out to rebuild again because the first time they
threw it up, it was only to build one part. Sorta like, they had to
perform step one to complete step two, but step two needed to be done
before step one can be done. Hence step one needed to be temporary
before they can return to it and make it permanent.

Anyway, it's a 15 foot (high) wall that doesn't have *any* load bearings
whatsoever but well.. it wobbles when you close the door.

*pulls hair out*

Suffice to say I'm extremely nervous right now because they need to do
some adjustment. Dad and Jody swear it's only minor and it really is ok.
But it does look bad when the wall wobbles even in the slightest. Even
if they're telling me you can yank the whole doggone wall out and the
rest of the house is uneffected... Can I stress that I don't want to see
my house wobbling???

*whimpers*
Grace


(((Grace)))

Building our own house can be VERY stressful.

I don't have any personal expertise as a builder, but grew up with a
lot of carpenters - Grandpas on boths sides, uncles, and were, or
still are, carpenters. So I grew up listening to their discussions
enough to know that things like you describe aren't that rare.

So, since you don't say if it's a problem that the builders caught, or
something that they were ignoring and/or trying to hide, I don't know
if you should worry or not.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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