It's not the codes, but the physics. The first two years after a building is build, it will change it's geometry until it settles. That happens because building has a significant weight and the earth under the building was unsettled, and now is under a pressure.
Not very noticeable in a light weight houses, but even small brick one-family house will do that.
Building codes account for that, but it's better and significantly cheaper to build that way then to build a totally rigid structure. Rigid is brittle.
In ancient city of Rome, it was more expensive to rent a room in multi-story building if the landlords lived in it as well. It showed that landlord was brave enough that the building will not fall one day onto themselves.
same rule applied during housing boom in taiwan in the 1970s, my parents bought an apartment as the construction company had their headquarter in the very same building on the 2nd floor!
>> Building codes are a joke!
It's not the codes, but the physics. The first two years after a building is build, it will change it's geometry until it settles. That happens because building has a significant weight and the earth under the building was unsettled, and now is under a pressure.
Not very noticeable in a light weight houses, but even small brick one-family house will do that.
Building codes account for that, but it's better and significantly cheaper to build that way then to build a totally rigid structure. Rigid is brittle.
In ancient city of Rome, it was more expensive to rent a room in multi-story building if the landlords lived in it as well. It showed that landlord was brave enough that the building will not fall one day onto themselves.
same rule applied during housing boom in taiwan in the 1970s, my parents bought an apartment as the construction company had their headquarter in the very same building on the 2nd floor!
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at this point I'd wonder if the cat's name is "Princess Donut"
Where does the cat live?
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