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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All these problems like leaks, settling etc...all happened with old homes but that time passed long ago. Old homes are not stronger than new homes, there were no computer engineering calculations, or sealed envelope tests. There were no water proofed basements and drainage plan calculations. There were no hurricane resistance calculations. Please stop being stupid, just cause you have plaster or a different style of all wood vs engineered wood trim doesn't make it stronger.[/quote]

LOL at waterproof basements. We live in an older neighborhood in Arlington with no basements because the original builders knew there were  springs through the area.  In the last 20 years a number of the homes have been torn down and the new builders constructed houses with basements.   Everyone of those houses has flooded multiple times and they have multiple sump pumps that constantly pump water onto the streets. It is a problem in winter when water freezes.   You can have every calculation done but if a builder is too stupid to know you can’t pump out a natural spring, you have a water issue.   [/quote]

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