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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.

Thank you for your rude criticism. I'm not stupid. Where did you get your engineering degree? The wall was a poured foundation wall, and it definitely was BOWED. If you put a long board horizontally across the wall, the bowed part was 2" out from the flat part of the wall. Can't remember if there were any cracks, but definitely bowed. The wall has surely failed. I don't know how long ago that occurred or how long it will take to give in to pressure, but definitely worth looking into more. The white chalky stuff wasn't just a dusting, it was deterioration from water penetration. The wall was crumbling. We just didn't have enough of an interest. The house just needed too much work and too many other things for us. The kitchen and bath were very outdated and it didn't have a master bathroom. Also, we really wanted to be able to put our cars into the garage and you can't do that. The yard was too small. We might have considered it in spite of those things but not for more than $500,000.  We'll find something else better. 
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