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The tilting on San Francisco's Millennium Tower is causing a plumbing problem
SF Gate ^ | 24 Sept 2021 | Andrew Chamings

Posted on 09/24/2021 7:00:56 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT

A new problem may be bubbling up for residents of the lurching Millennium Tower in downtown San Francisco.

The building's tilt — now about 22 inches to the west due to the northwest corner sinking about 18 inches — may be causing lateral sewage pipes to not drain correctly and has already resulted in “some plugging” on the third floor

In the email from Hamburger, obtained by NBC, the engineer told the city that “sewer lines must slope (minimum of 1/8” per foot) to enable efficient flow of material,” and that at-risk drains “will experience decreased slope and may become a problem.” He added that third floors drains that have seen plugging must be “maintained with periodic chemical flushing.”

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To: DUMBGRUNT

Pelosi’s district has more problems with Feces then any district in the country. From her mouth to the sewage lines in this leaning tower. Everything about her stinks.


41 posted on 09/24/2021 9:56:09 PM PDT by vespa300
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Wow...what a nightmare.


42 posted on 09/24/2021 10:07:13 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Just who would want to live in this thing in such a seismically active area? I’d imagine the value of a loft or suite is virtually worthless. Who’d buy it from you? What bank would write the financing for a unit, or office?


43 posted on 09/24/2021 10:21:19 PM PDT by krogers58
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To: LongWayHome

No need to spend money. It’s gonna fall down on its own.


44 posted on 09/25/2021 5:30:38 AM PDT by Bernard (The very best scientific articles always contain this phrase: “My personal intuition has been…”)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

“I would like there to be a pause until we know what we’re doing, and I think that construction should not resume until we can panel the best experts that this country has”

Kind of a RACIST statement, I would say.


45 posted on 09/25/2021 5:43:43 AM PDT by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: krogers58

—”What bank would write the financing for a unit, or office?”

And that is where it becomes very interesting!

The property value depends on the “full faith and credit” of the insurers.

High-dollar grave dancers are familiar with the process.


46 posted on 09/25/2021 6:13:00 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
This. To a power of 100. (AvE)

Beware of some foul language!

47 posted on 09/25/2021 6:33:06 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I wouldn’t trust anything built by Millennials


48 posted on 09/25/2021 6:40:24 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: BobL

I know, right??

They need to make sure this “panel of experts” has the proper amount of minorities and women


49 posted on 09/25/2021 6:41:50 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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To: Mount Athos

Does everything in California lean left?


50 posted on 09/25/2021 7:00:28 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: BobL

If the building is leaning the whole project will have plumbing issues. To much or not enough pitch will cause major headaches.


51 posted on 09/25/2021 7:03:52 AM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
As long as the crap doesn't start sloshing out of the commode...


52 posted on 09/25/2021 8:00:14 AM PDT by moovova (There will never be another fair presidential election in the USA.)
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To: The Antiyuppie

In 50 years, every unit in that building will be a ground floor unit...similar to the condo tower in Florida that recently collapsed.


53 posted on 09/25/2021 8:04:45 AM PDT by moovova (There will never be another fair presidential election in the USA.)
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