Hey guys,
I don't pretend to be handy. When walking around the property I did notice the below image. I know that it needs fixed or it will get worse - the rebar will rust, concrete will crack and spall, etc. What I'm not sure about is how easy/expensive this fix is. The house does have a full unfinished basement with poured concrete walls that look to be in perfect shape - the house is 6 years old. I can find no evidence of water damage, cracks, leaks, or anything else inside the basement.
I know the home inspector will catch it - and we can tell the seller it has to be fixed or we walk - but I'd like to get some information on the issue before we get to that point if possible.
Here is the image of the issue:
Not sure what is up with this. I can't imagine it was sold brand-new like this but if that rebar was once straight [not sticking out of the side] then it would be behind the siding. Looks to me like this piece of rebar should have been cut off but wasn't.
Not sure if the concrete has spalled away due to this - or what that damage is.
I do obviously want to make sure this is fixed as the rebar will rust further letting water down into the foundation that can freeze/thaw [and/or] the rusting of the rebar further down in the foundation can cause the concrete to spall/crack and have issues with the basement walls / keeping water out / keeping the foundation solid.
I'm not super handy so I have no idea what repairing this sort of thing will cost but I don't plan on paying for it unless it's cheap/minor. There's no way the home inspector could miss this and I can't foresee them selling the house with this issue - so we'll have to see what happens.
I know there are much handier people on here than me - possibly even those that have dealt with something like this in the past or even those that fix things like this for a living - so any advice is appreciated .
I don't pretend to be handy. When walking around the property I did notice the below image. I know that it needs fixed or it will get worse - the rebar will rust, concrete will crack and spall, etc. What I'm not sure about is how easy/expensive this fix is. The house does have a full unfinished basement with poured concrete walls that look to be in perfect shape - the house is 6 years old. I can find no evidence of water damage, cracks, leaks, or anything else inside the basement.
I know the home inspector will catch it - and we can tell the seller it has to be fixed or we walk - but I'd like to get some information on the issue before we get to that point if possible.
Here is the image of the issue:
Not sure what is up with this. I can't imagine it was sold brand-new like this but if that rebar was once straight [not sticking out of the side] then it would be behind the siding. Looks to me like this piece of rebar should have been cut off but wasn't.
Not sure if the concrete has spalled away due to this - or what that damage is.
I do obviously want to make sure this is fixed as the rebar will rust further letting water down into the foundation that can freeze/thaw [and/or] the rusting of the rebar further down in the foundation can cause the concrete to spall/crack and have issues with the basement walls / keeping water out / keeping the foundation solid.
I'm not super handy so I have no idea what repairing this sort of thing will cost but I don't plan on paying for it unless it's cheap/minor. There's no way the home inspector could miss this and I can't foresee them selling the house with this issue - so we'll have to see what happens.
I know there are much handier people on here than me - possibly even those that have dealt with something like this in the past or even those that fix things like this for a living - so any advice is appreciated .