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Nc». 5. 2004 <br />1004 ll/OS 11:23 FAX OiOBOIS <br />3'o:« VS? <br />I5STA.NT TESTINC/ALLIEO <br />V:.4C55 ?>. 2 <br />aooi <br />IT = = CO <br />INSTANT TESTING COMPANY <br />Mtm) BEAV; D'VJ? ORIVF • BAG AX MV 55121 <br />PH0N£ fiS.*4SA«3S44>FAX <br />1998 <br />November 5, 2004 <br />Mr. Perry Hordel <br />4080 Grainwood circle <br />Prior Lake, Minnesota SS272 <br />1 <br />esmsc------«------------- <br />__1 <br />|PIM. <br />mm l-iM <br />1 1 <br />Re: 405X aiohweod Road (1111 i Anita Rouse Residence) <br />Orono, Hennepin County, N:.nneBots <br />As requested, a site visit vaa conducted on Novciaber 3, 2004 at <br />12:15 P.N. to evaluate subgieile soils and atructural aspects of a <br />existing residence, (or a pro::osed oretnodeling projoct. A building <br />plan prepared by custom Design A Drafting, Inc. dated October 1, <br />20C4 was convayad to ua prior to tba. inspaction. <br />The existing raaidanoe, located on a lakeshore lot, occupies a <br />"L” shaped foot print and coo:iiits of a original section in the vest <br />and a east addition completed in later years. Access to view <br />supporting eompenenta of the ireaidenoe was provided through a <br />interior crawl space opening, a small access door on tbs vest side <br />snd a vant grate In the east. Although the viewing area was limited, <br />some aspects of the structure! ooitponents, per foundstion plate 4/Al <br />of the building plan ware notod. <br />Observations msda through the west access door, nssr tba RW corner <br />of the structure, provided a inutcd vigu of the west foundation <br />wall. The foundation in this nrea was cempeised of non-uniform <br />components consisting of solid masonry brlohi snd eenersts blocks <br />forming a wall of undetermined width. Floor joist configuration <br />appeared to be of 2'* x €" at :!4*' O.C. , with the 1st joist parallel <br />to the foundation, supported tiy concrete blocks. No determination <br />could be made on existing easl./vcst beams or other piers and <br />footings providing support. The east addition lndic.ited 2" x 12" <br />floor joists at 16" O.C. and n eaatral eaat/wast laminated beam. No <br />piers or footings for tha bea:i were notad in viewad area. Based on <br />tr.aasur«nents taken through th<r east ventilation grate ve, would <br />assume e 8" oonerete block foandation for the newer addition. <br />Based on the Hennepin County rurfical geology map, soils <br />within the area are classifletl aa DTC - clayey till, fine loamy to <br />clayey colluvium. These naturul occurring subgrada soils are <br />normally considered acceptable for construction. To evaluate the <br />relative bearing capacity of ibt soils below the atrueture, s <br />dynamic cone penetrometer test was conducted within the interior <br />orswl space on the soils at fnotlng elavation. The dynamic cone