Collapsed Condos in Brier Creek (Raleigh)

OnlyOneDR

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Anyone else hear about these? Apparently the storms yesterday produced high speed winds that took down a condo-building in progress right around the corner from my office. After I heard about it and saw the video I drove by it (I was in the neighborhood).

Toll Brothers quality right there. Seriously I know the building was in-progress but geeze. All the framing was done, I drive by there all the time going to lunch.

Video: http://www.cbs19.tv/story/24427450/high-winds-collapse-building-under-construction-in-nc

Local new feeds had the shortened video, the link above is the full-length one.
 
The framing wasn't finished, not by a long shot. All that sheathing that you see missing is the stuff that keeps this from happening. By the looks of things, the shear bracing on the first floor on the far side wasn't complete yet. That's where it started to come apart. They probably should have refrained from putting the roof sheathing on until the lower floors were complete and the temporary shear bracing was removed.

I don't really fault Toll Brothers for it specifically. If most people knew how their house was built, they wouldn't live in it.
 
Ha ha.... Beat Cyd to the punch. :flipoff2:
 
shawn said:
I don't really fault Toll Brothers for it specifically. If most people knew how their house was built, they wouldn't live in it.
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Id say this goes for every house not just TB...and I think thats what you are saying as well.
 
Ron said:
Id say this goes for every house not just TB...and I think thats what you are saying as well.
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Exactly.

There's a place not far from us that got framed up in about 2007/8, never got dried in, then sat for about two years while the development went through bankruptcy proceedings. A new developer came in, finished up the building, and put it on the market.

I bet those people have no idea.
 
benXJ said:
Well why were the walls in place if the lower structure couldn't support it? That's some Chinese building quality right there
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Because the guys swinging the hammers are not licensed professional engineers.
 
I learned my lesson 35 some years ago. Ran out of 2x4's for bracing, kept putting up walls, freak thunderstorm with high winds came thru and blew down some of the walls. I was lucky didn't damage too much. Don't put up what can't be properly and maybe over braced.
 
shawn said:
I don't really fault Toll Brothers for it specifically. If most people knew how their house was built, they wouldn't live in it.
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It was more a knock on the "Luxury" builder than anything. My girlfriend rents a condo with a roommate that is a Toll Brothers and the build quality is not that great, especially considering the price the owner paid for it (looked it up on the tax database). I would not buy one of their homes. My house was not put together as well as I would like either, but did not come with the premium pricing!
 
Need to use more than two nails in each sheet of wood.
 
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