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Are you sure it's swaying and not vibration? I lived in a cheaply built house, years ago. My bedroom was in the back, on the second floor. But, if someone slammed the front door, I could feel it in my bedroom; stuff rattled on the walls and shelves. I wouldn't worry about vibration, but would worry about swaying.
Ok so this is kinda weird. Im in a townhouse in Michigan. So it has a basement. I have noticed there is a weakspot where it shakes over the basement. I have never been too concerned. I have noticed shaking like this in many buildings in Michigan. I am originally from California where many buildings seem more reinforced due to the earthquakes. Well recently Ive noticed I can feel like a micro swaying upstairs in my bedroom. During the recent thunderstorms with the heavy winds, Ive noticed the swaying is more pronounced. My roommate seems nonplussed over it. I am wondering what to do. It feels like the upper floors of a skyscraper.
Should I worry? Is this all in my head? What course of action should I take? I dont want to alarm the landlord over nothing. Should I talk with neighbors about it? I dont want to overreact but the surfside condo collapse in Florida has me a bit spooked. I know there was a sinkhole back a few years ago in a Detroit suburb in a house.
Are there cracks in the walls? Are doors getting stuck?
Are there cracks in the walls? Are doors getting stuck?
Theres only one crack that Ive noticed, upstairs near the bathroom. It's been painted over and hasnt gotten any worse. Doors do get stuck but only the back door. I have trouble locking and unlocking it in winter. Always works itself out when the weather warms in spring. I made an earlier thread about it. This summer Ive had trouble shutting it. There is also a large crack outside on the sidewalk near this door. But otherwise no cracks. Ive seen much worse in other buildings.
Are you sure it's swaying and not vibration? I lived in a cheaply built house, years ago. My bedroom was in the back, on the second floor. But, if someone slammed the front door, I could feel it in my bedroom; stuff rattled on the walls and shelves. I wouldn't worry about vibration, but would worry about swaying.
There is both. If someone is dancing or stomping in the weak area of the living room the whole floor will vibrate. That doesnt bother me too much. But I usually ask them to stop. My friend is not overweight or anything. When a friend fell on that area, the floor actually swayed which concerned me much.
Once during road construction, the vibration took down a bookcase in the living room but that was vibration.
Upstairs during the gusty winds of the most recent thunderstorms, the upstairs swayed in the wind. Not a lot. Like nothing is falling off shelves or anything (bookcase notwithstanding.) but it's enough that I notice.
I make this place sound old and rickety but its no earlier than 1970's or 80's construction at the earliest.
Townhouse would mean several units together that share a common wall between them. If one is “swaying”, would it not be a practical conclusion that they all would be “swaying”??? A quick conversation with neighbors would either prove or disprove this assumption.
I say assumption because if the whole building was “swaying” I’m sure there would have been discussions/remediation in the past. And following the past conversation about the furnace…
I’m racking this up to- “it’s a figmentation of your imagination”
Townhouse would mean several units together that share a common wall between them. If one is “swaying”, would it not be a practical conclusion that they all would be “swaying”??? A quick conversation with neighbors would either prove or disprove this assumption.
I say assumption because if the whole building was “swaying” I’m sure there would have been discussions/remediation in the past. And following the past conversation about the furnace…
I’m racking this up to- “it’s a figmentation of your imagination”
Except a bookcase falling as a result of vibration is not in my head. There are five units connected together. In the surside collapse as I recall a few of the buildings were connected and remained standing while the one collapsed. Yes I will have a chat with the neighbors about this subject.
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Where in Troy, Michigan is this townhouse located, roughly speaking? Is it near the I-75 freeway?
There's a Rams Horn restaurant in Allen Park, Michigan, right on Southfield Road just north of Allen Road. Whenever a heavily ladened semi went buy, the entire restaurant shook. Rattled all the glassware and shook the tables. Freaked me out the first few times, but the local regulars tended to ignore it.
Except a bookcase falling as a result of vibration is not in my head. There are five units connected together. In the surside collapse as I recall a few of the buildings were connected and remained standing while the one collapsed. Yes I will have a chat with the neighbors about this subject.
Bookcase fell?
Earthquake? We had one in Maryland a couple weeks ago that caused minor damage like that. Few even felt it.
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