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• City of Lino Lakes Ulteig Projcct No. 207.1172 September 24, 2007 Page 3 iii. There are four temporary, 3-inch diameter, shoring post placed along the length of the wall that is supporting the exterior day tile and stucco finish of the west wall. iv. There are no mechanical connections (nails or screws) noticed connecting the shoring to the block knee wall or the wall above. The connections of the frame wall could not be verified at the time of the site visit. It is assumed there are no connections to the block wall below. v. The cores of the block knee wall are visible from the top course. There appears to be no grouted cores or reinforced cores throughout the length of the wall vi. The top of the concrete strip footing supporting the block knee wall is exposed along the length of the wall. vii. There is void space behind a portion of the wall accessible from the northwest corner of the house. The void is the full height of the block wall but the length of the void space was not verified at the time of the site visit. f. The exterior veneer and framing overhangs the masonry block wall 4 to 5- inches on the south wall and the southwest corner of the house. The masonry wall was built square, but it does not line up with the construction of the existing house. g. There are vertical cracks in the stucco veneer on the west side of the house. h. There are diagonal cracks from the windows on the north side and south side of the house closest to the west end of the house. Some of these cracks daylight through the wall and are visible from the interior and the exterior of the house. The back quarter of the house is sloping down towards the west wall of the house. STRUCTURAL REVIEW 2. A structural analysis and review was completed of the current condition of the west wall of the house and the following items are noted: a. We were unable to verify all the constructed condition of the temporary frame wall supporting the main floor framing at the time of the site visit due to the wall coverings in place. However, based on the visual observations it appears the sill plate is not attached by anchor bolts or nails to the block wall below. This is an unstable condition and needs to be addressed.