Unfortunately,
Chat Belmont is a very badly built house. It stands not upon firm solid natural ground, but upon an artificially heaped bank of large boulders covered with a superficial layer of made earth. The structure has to make matters worse, without proper foundations such as are required by our statutes, and it is riddled in every direction with cracks and "settlements" which as they appeared have been plastered over and concreted by wash cement from time to time.
The made earth upon which the house stands became easily melted and washed down into the great hollows and cavities existing between the boulders below, and before the great storm was over, cracks had begun to appear from the sinking of the foundations which were only 4 or 5 inches deep instead of being 4 or 5 feet or more, as they should have been to impart any stability to the walls.
Instead of at once examining his premises and endeavouring to ascertain the source of the mischief,
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Chat Belmont is a very badly built house. It slands not
upon form solid natural
prosund- but
upow
au
artificially heade baskik of
Faze
round boulden Covered
bith a Experficial layers of
Made Earth. The Shuchure
has to make mullers worse,
to proper foundations such
as are
required by our Elatutes,
and it is riddled in
in Tolay
direction with cracks and
"Settlements" which as
they
appeared have been plastered
over and concrated by
wash
Clow
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- wach from time to hire.
The made Earth upson which the honse Elands became
Easily melted and wacked_ down into the gerah hollows
between
and cavities Existing the boulders below, and before
the Great Elori was cree Cracks had begun to appian. from the dunking of the foundations which were only
4 or 5 inches deep inflacio In hew of being 4 ons feel or
hurd, as
they should have
brow to impart anything the
Stability to the walls.
In hew of at once Exam- -ming his prennero and Endeavouring to ascertain the Source of the musching,
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