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I don't believe deflection is a component at all with this structure. From what I gathered, it appears to be primarily settlement, given consistency of the slope and the radial floor framing layout.

This is what I'm thinking as well. I believe it can be done.

This is a great point.

The floor joists do have a radial layout but the "conventional" part of the lower floor is not part of the issue. The slope on the other hand is consistent, sloping downward from front to back 12+ inches over its entire 36'-0" diameter.

No construction and/or engineering plans that could be found up to this point. And I'm not so sure that this is a DIY kit as the construction seemed pretty involved. Given it's position near the ocean and surrounded by marsh, I'm thinking it just wasn't properly supported as the soils are...

The area around the house is extremely marshy/swampy and the foundation did have an apparent lean so I am speculating that it is the soils that are the culprit here.

Thanks for the resource!

Inspected a pedestal-type home the other day which is octagonal and around 36' in diameter. The base of the house contracts down to a 10' diameter, octagonal poured concrete foundation (google pedestal homes). The issue here is that the entire house leans backward; if you use a laser level from...

Thanks for the insight! I'll have to look into those timber crib walls.

Great insight, thank you!

I should have clarified, the wall is built from treated 6"x6" horizontal posts with perpendicular sections tied in for stability. The wall is exhibiting more "bulging" near the center of the height, not necessarily sliding or overturning.

Thanks so much! A mentor would be ideal but I would have to provide value back in some way to make it worth their time (which I have no problem doing). I'll check out Coursera and didn't know about LinkedIn Learning but I'll check that out too. Thanks!

When it comes to residential retaining walls built from timber ties, poured concrete, and segmental block, I understand the theory behind sliding, overturning, and bearing capacity, but I'm not sure of the allowable tolerances when it comes to bowing or lateral shifting. The international...

Sorry for the late reply everyone. Shortly after I posted this, I came down with the flu, was out of commission for over a week, and then was buried with work. Admittedly, I almost forgot about this post and after reading all of the replies, I can't thank everyone enough for the information you...

I have a 4 year engineering degree in Civil and have been studying structural ever since for the past 10+ years. I also have my PE.