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, July 24, 2002 Page 2 , Hollander Residence Limited Structural Evaluation. MGI Commission#02162 for Mr. John Hollander , REPAIRS DEFINED WITHIN THE CITY'S RESOLUTION WITH RESPONSES: Foundation ' City: "Footing and foundation—replace with code compliant materials." Response: 1. While there are leaks in the basement wall, the majority of the basement wall is functioning as it has for a very long time. There are some minor areas of failure, especially around the windows where � there are openings for water and animals. 2. It is our intent at this time to have the basement area cleaned out of the dirt and moisture that is currently within the basement area. 3. The basement drainage system will be slightly modified to continue to drain water that does get into ' the basement area. At this point we are anticipating that the sump pump discharge will be re-routed from its current discharge location at the front to the south side of the house. At that location we would suggest that the sump pump discharge pipe have a standard threaded hose fitting so that a 1 standard garden hose may be connected to it in the warm weather and that it should be removed in the colder weather so that it does not freeze and hinder discharge water flow. The hose shall discharge the water a minimum of four feet from the house onto a splash block of some kind. The owner may look into an underground discharge for the sump pump discharge. , 4. Steps will be taken to provide additional assurance the basement wall will continue to function. Areas of the foundation wall shall be hand brushed to remove any loose material from between the boulders. Grout shall be installed between the boulders to anchor the boulders to each other and ' create a gridlock system to reduce the potential of the boulders moving independently. The grout should cover the areas befinreen the boulders and not extend any further into the basement area than the most interior surface of the boulders. This should occur on all walls where significant voids remain befinreen the boulders. , City: "Backfill with earth sloped away from the building with positive drainage." Response: 1. Wherever possible provide additional grade at the house to allow the surface moisture to drain away from the building. Care should be taken not to have the soil come any closer than 6"to the ' house siding or framing when adding soil. Grade should be removed from some distance away from the house wherever the addition of grade at the house cannot be provided to create the positive drainage. This can be accomplished by providing some slight soil removal (approximately 3"to 4"total depth) approximately 5'to 6' away from the base of the house. The grade should ' slope from the house toward the lower area (sloping the 3"to 4"over the 5'to 6' distance). This lower area should then continue to slope away from the house area. The newly graded area should be seeded. Existing conditions where grade is closer than 6"to the siding or the framing will be ' permitted to remain where site conditions may not allow the removal of those soils to achieve adequate drainage. The north side of the house is a good example of this since there are existing trees in the area that may be affected if excessive surface modifications are pertormed 2. Gutters and downspouts should be added to all of the roof lines of the house, after any required ' roof edge/fascia repairs are made. The ends of the downspouts shall discharge the rain water a minimum of 5' away from the base of the house. Splash blocks shall be provided at the ends of all downspouts. Underground discharges for the downspouts should be considered by the owner wherever possible to reduce the potential for damage to the ends of the downspouts. Color of the ' gutters and downspouts shall be selected by the owner and shall be coordinated with the color of the exterior of the home. 3. We are requesting that as much area as possible be covered with impervious material adjacent to ' the house for a distance of approximately 5'to 6'. This may consist of heavy plastic sheeting with landscape gravel or bark on top of the plastic. All vegetation shall be removed from beneath the plastic before the plastic is installed. The plastic shall be anchored to the ground with landscaping pegs. The area of impervious material shall be made to slope away from the base of the house. ' continued on next page,,,,, ' '