You are right, my money, my opinion.
If the weed eater strips the siding off, and I can put my foot through the sheathing, it is NOT engineered enough for me. There are entire shopping districts in the City of Chicago that have been there since the the 1800's. We accept as common for new construction store buildings.buildings to cave in the roof at a heavy rain or snow fall. All the tri levels on the H&H ruth addition on 45th ave that split the ceilings because the engineers cut corners on the design. There is a neighborhood in the north end of Crown point where they engineered homes that sit on failing plywood foundations. In addition the ductwork for the counter flow furnaces fill with water. In the southern part of the state is a lot of homes that the siding was the sheathing and it was made of masonite. The first water leak started some serious and expensive decay with black mold..
To some, my requirements may be over built. Engineers who work for bean counters are not doing their work to insure the quality of your purchase. If you are making a 30 year mortgage and start having structural problems and every big wind strips your siding off, you would not like it. The two story across from me has lost its siding and gotten water damage 3 times since 2012. she thinks it is criminal.
I don't want anyone to have these problems. I do have a sciences degree but not in mechanical engineering or even materials science. I would think watching stuff fail would not require such a degree to see the weakness
If the weed eater strips the siding off, and I can put my foot through the sheathing, it is NOT engineered enough for me. There are entire shopping districts in the City of Chicago that have been there since the the 1800's. We accept as common for new construction store buildings.buildings to cave in the roof at a heavy rain or snow fall. All the tri levels on the H&H ruth addition on 45th ave that split the ceilings because the engineers cut corners on the design. There is a neighborhood in the north end of Crown point where they engineered homes that sit on failing plywood foundations. In addition the ductwork for the counter flow furnaces fill with water. In the southern part of the state is a lot of homes that the siding was the sheathing and it was made of masonite. The first water leak started some serious and expensive decay with black mold..
To some, my requirements may be over built. Engineers who work for bean counters are not doing their work to insure the quality of your purchase. If you are making a 30 year mortgage and start having structural problems and every big wind strips your siding off, you would not like it. The two story across from me has lost its siding and gotten water damage 3 times since 2012. she thinks it is criminal.
I don't want anyone to have these problems. I do have a sciences degree but not in mechanical engineering or even materials science. I would think watching stuff fail would not require such a degree to see the weakness
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