How Earthquake Proof Are Your Homes?

[acg515]

Originally Posted by tigre79

It is apparently a bad idea to build an entire town on a riverbed at the head of a fjord in a highly seismically-active area.

So, basically it was a bad idea to build old Valdez.

[Bahyz]

Originally Posted by 1stimestar

I must have been sitting right on top of the last one we had a couple of months ago. This is just a rental. I wouldn't choose sheetrock personally. While it was only reported as a 4.something, it FELT like the cabin had been knocked off its foundation. It was accompanied by a loud boom/bang. A few days later, these started showing up so I guess it was as bad as it felt.






This one goes from the window edge all the way to the corner.

You can read about it on my blog, I think the second post down.
Alaska, The Madness

Be Careful as you seem to have cracked popcorn ceiling which often contains asbestos that maybe hazardous for your health and others, call oa contractor or get your wall tested to be assured its free of asbestos

[Bahyz]

Guys Beware of asbestos in the popcorn ceiling as shown in the pictures posted by 1stimestar

[RayinAK]

Not all popcorn ceilings contain asbestos, and if it has it there is no problem as long as you leave it alone.

By the way, you don't have to use a contractor to remove popcorn ceiling at your home, nor do you have to submit a report to the EPA. But if you get a contractor to do it, then the reporting has to take place, and the popcorn material has to be properly bagged and disposed of in accordance to the rules.

But what I see in the photo on this thread a page or two back is a heavy texture, not popcorn.