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Originally Posted by CasterTroy
No. But having the pressure wave from an explosion twist a structure without seismic restraints (not required per IBC for residential single family in IN) like I'm sure it did, I would imagine it wouldn't take MUCH to condemn a house without it really "looking" damaged.
I'm sure there are several houses that are "OK" but would YOU sign your name on a house (as a federal disaster inspector) anywhere near the explosion and allow a family to live there, and there be even a slight possibility that the baseplates cracked at the foundation anchorbolts behind the sheetrock?
Hell knowing the way these crackerboxes were slapped together on a slab to BEGIN with I'm not sure I'd clear a house 20 miles AWAY for habitation given the potential for high winds in Indiana!  |
Just having all of the windows blown into the house by the pressure wave would also likely result in a house being deemed "uninhabitable."