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  1. dopey696

    To redo completely or repair

    So I contacted all structural engineers I could find within an hour drive to my area. Not a single one is willing to look at it. Most of them said they wouldn't help me at all, one person asked me to send pictures and they would look at them and get back to me, but they haven't yet. It's crazy...
  2. dopey696

    To redo completely or repair

    I actually have pictures of the damage when I first walked into the second floor unit. I will attach them below. There was not a stop work notice order on the door and no inspection of that unit was required from what the owner told me. There floor was not sagging, and as far as I can tell the...
  3. dopey696

    To redo completely or repair

    Ahhh man, now I'm getting nervous to move forward. We acquired the unit through a will when my girlfriends grandfather died. He abandoned the unit after breaking his hip. The unit was abandoned for over ten years and then the toilet sprung a leak and flooded this unit as well as the second and...
  4. dopey696

    To redo completely or repair

    That price was with me doing the demo
  5. dopey696

    To redo completely or repair

    Yeah I read about the chemical reaction, I guess it causes some kinda crystalization process that breaks down the gypcrete. The people that sell some of these products are trying to convince me I'm wrong so they can sell me stuff that will cause problems in the long run but I've made sure to be...
  6. dopey696

    To redo completely or repair

    I'm trying to decide whether to redo a gypcrete floor underlayment completely or just repair what I can and go with it. We have a third floor condo that flooded, the living room floor now sags about two inches to the center. It was inspected and is structurally ok. The gypcrete that is currently...
  7. dopey696

    Hello forum peoples!

    I'm new to the forum but not to construction. I did tile for nearly ten years and have also done various other types of construction from framing to plumbing until one job where I fell nearly three stories off a scaffold. Since then I worked with kids until a few years ago. I'm currently working...
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