2618 RUCKER AVE 2018-01-01 MF Import

'i�-. � . t��. . . �� . . . . . Engineer's Inspection of Ihe Properi� Located at pa�� . 261t3 and 2626 RuCker Avenue, E��erett, WashinytOn beams and the posts supporting them. Suitable steel plate connectors, or even good plywood gussets, can reduce damage during an earthquake. This toundation provides inadequate fateral suppOrt to ihe building. This deficiency could result in extreme damage during an eanhquake. I recommend that a Iicensed engineer be employed to dosign and supervise the installation of a lateral bracing system. There is untreated wood in contact wiih concrete along the rear oi the boiler room. This can and has caused Structural deCay. Untreated wood should be separated irom concrete with a durable vapor barrier material ot some soR. Based on the available evidence, I consider the structural integrity of this foundation to be poorer than normal for buildings of similar age and type. The evidence indicates less-tltan-normal stability. I would expect slight movement to occur in tYte future. It is notewoRhy that toundation movement usualiy occurs in step tunctions, thai is, there is no movement for a long time, and then there is very rapid, even sudden, movement. This mean: that a telafrvely long period of no movement cannot be accepted as an indiCation that future mo�•ement is unlikely. Greater than normal succeptibility to earthquake damage is ir,dicated. PONY WALLS: Pony walls are the relatively short walls that rest on the perimeter toundation and : .>noA the floor above. 8ufld(ngs with such walls, such as this one, are more suscc;. .,ole to eaRhquake damage than are buiidings without them. WOOD pECAY: (See general information on decay in this section u�der Building 2618.) In additl.on to, or as noted elsewhere in this report, I found wood decay in the fotlowing locations: In relatively smatl poAions oi the roof sheathing in the deck rooi. In the window sills. This decay is most severe in the south and east facing windows. ..��.,_,':-,. . . �� .�,.; �a� � u�,� -�..�:�*tr-_ ^.,�, -.;.z�„`Ziottom of the deck stairs. =''-�- " - _ -� "--==`-- �` '"�-'�'�_ In the stringers of the deck stairs. In large po�tions of the fioor decking of the deck. � In the posts suppoAing the deck. In the boiler room fioor plate. In the wood support structure near the ground af the southeast corner oi the buiiding. In numerous location in the lower level portions of the garages. In the sill oi the deck railing.