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Robert Beissel Homes LLC Ulteig Project No.208.0987 July 10,2008 Page 2 DESCRIPTION The building is a one-story wood-framed structure with a cast-in-place concrete foundation, full basement, both lookout and walkout at the rear, and an attached slab-on-grade garage. OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS 1. The following information was obtained through a site inspection on July 1, 2008 by Trevor Axner,PE of Ulteig Engineers: a. The foundation walls are 8" thick cast-in-place concrete. The full height foundaHon walls are nine feet tall and the lookout foundation extends three feet above the basement slab-on-grade. b. The overall basement size is approximately 70 Eeet wide by 32 feet deep. c. The foundation wall distress noted consists of five crack locations spread around the perimeter of the structure. Unless specifically noted in item ii below, all cracks observed vary between '/�6' and hairline in width. i. Beginning at the intersection of the rear lookout wall and the full height foundation between the attached garage and house basement, a crack extends down at an angle at the base of the lookout wall over less than a 2'-0" vertical and horizontal distance. ii. The second crack is located along the same lookout wall at an angled comer closer to the walkout section of the basement. This crack is the largest of the five at approximately 1/a' near the top of the wall. This crack is oriented primarily vertically and decreases in width over the height of the wall. iii. The third crack is at a corner of the lookout wall on the other side of the structure. This crack is oriented vertically. iv. The fourth crack is at the front full height foundation near the right side at an outside corner. This crack is primarily vertical but extends diagonally away from the corner near the top of the wall over approximately a 16" horizontal distance. v. The final crack is on the other end of the front foundation. This crack is oriented diagonally, but the crack is hairline in width and located at an intersecting full height stoop wall. d. The foundation walls are relatively plumb. e. Waterproofing below grade could not be observed. f. The soil on-site is reported to be a primarily sandy material with some fines. g. The builder reported that the foundation was subject to freezing conditions over the previous winter before being capped and heated.