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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can somebody explain how a concrete wall "bows" with pressure?  This has got to be one of the most nonsensical things I've read here.  Concrete doesn't bend.  It cracks.  SMH.  Besides, this house has been standing for almost 100 years.  If it were going to fall it would have done so decades ago.  When a house's foundation has shifted you see cracks on the plaster walls and it's obvious that the house has moved out of alignment.  But there is zero evidence of such cracking in that house.  Just because your husband thinks he knows what he's talking about doesn't mean he actually does.  And any basement that isn't ventilated and doesn't have a dehumidifier running continuously is going to get that white chalky stuff on the walls and on stuff stored down there.  That happens in my totally dry and intact basement whenever we forget to air it out or turn off the dehumidifier.

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We are architects. We visited the property as potential buyers and we didn't stay long, so we did not observe the subject wall and its surrounding elements close enough to explain it. That said, I have seen walls in OT Alexandria that "bowed." Most are brick constructions, some covered with a layer of concrete and the others just exposed bricks, painted or not. This often happened with old constructions. In OT Alexandria, one raw house wall bowed so much passerby can see a section of the wall bended outwardly as if it was about to burst. Every time I walked by I subconsciously stayed away as far as possible. [/quote]

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