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| Photograph: Blake Bodycote/EPA per Guardian story link below. |
Structural damage resulting from flooding events in Queensland.
Aside from the debris and mud laden sludge that follows a severe flood event what serious structural problems may develop for a home building in Queensland?
Earlier Queenslander style colonial houses that are
supported on stumps can be subject to uneven settlement following flood
events. These early period homes were originally
constructed with buried timber post stumps hand placed into a hand excavated
hole and backfilled with rammed soil backfill all by hand. This construction technique was applied
without site soil testing with mixed results as one would expect – one stump
depth may not suit all home sites.
