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This happened on Sunday in Glastonbury that all the homes collapses on Sunday 6th Feb 2011. Home owner was inside the house and then suddenly the house get collapsed and the walls split apart. It was very horrible condition for every people living there.
This happens on Elm Tree Road and this incident was something which was very terrible.
Last edited by JayCT; 02-07-2011 at 07:10 AM..
Reason: Merged from another thread
Typo (tired).. I meant I-Beam, Support beam not header but the obvious was implied. Columns meaning posts to support the weight of house in basement. Obviously the support walls on main floor hold up the 2nd floor but there should be posts in basement. I wish we built homes with better quality like way back in the day... Everything we use is so damn cheap since the 50s.. and while codes change every year or so we all build based on minimum requirements. Sad.
It's called a girder. *I* have an I-Beam in my basement, it's 1/4" steel, that's not normal.
The girder, columns, and load bearing walls do NOT I repeat do NOT hold up the rafters and ridge. You could remove ALL load bearing walls inside a house and the roof would not collapse because of that. The ceiling joists would slowly sink lower and pull in the outside walls and and eventually cause roof problems. But it wouldn't collapse like that.
Modern trusses are *light years* ahead of traditional rafters in terms of cost and strength.
Last edited by JayCT; 02-07-2011 at 07:32 AM..
Reason: Removed flame comments
Ahh, another thread goes to sh**. Gee, I hope the homeowner is ok!!! Lets jump to conclusions like crazy before we actually know anything about what may or may not have been rotted or damaged by pests. By the way - there had to have been way more than 15" of snow on that roof. I had over 20" in some spots when I cleaned mine off and I don't live that far. Plus, this roof had valleys in the roof line and more snow will always collect more heavily in the valleys.
I've also heard of residential roofs collapsing in Hebron and Monroe, and I'll bet there are numerous others that haven't made the news. A friend of mine said her neighbor's roof partially collapsed, and that never made the news. I think the mistake some homeowners are making is assuming the roof needs to be flat in order to collapse, or that residential homes are safe from collapse. In my neighborhood, some of the roofs had up to 3' of snowdrifts in some areas of their roof. I know it was that deep because my husband cleared a few as a favor to the homeowners. I don't think he'll be doing that again though, he's getting a little too old for that kind of physical labor.
Huh? Wanting to find out why it collapsed is delighting? I'm trying to say the home owners need to find out why it collapsed under 1.5 ft of snow. Roofs should hold up to 36-40 inches in this area. Something fishy, either with the structure or the home owner whether you knew them or not.
In all fairness theres no real definitive weight of snow and 15" after the rain of the other day probably weighs more than 40" of powder.
I'm really surprised that more havent given way. What happens with a shallow pitched roof with all that weight is it pushes the walls out, the same thing happens with steep roofs but the steeper you get the less leverage there is pushing out the walls.
Ahh, another thread goes to sh**. Gee, I hope the homeowner is ok!!! Lets jump to conclusions like crazy before we actually know anything about what may or may not have been rotted or damaged by pests. By the way - there had to have been way more than 15" of snow on that roof. I had over 20" in some spots when I cleaned mine off and I don't live that far. Plus, this roof had valleys in the roof line and more snow will always collect more heavily in the valleys.
Agreed. I had about two feet in the valley where the corner of my roof meets the roof of my garage.
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Glastonbury home collapses!!
