Every now and then, I'll be sitting in my room and I can feel the house move. It's a gentle rocking back and forth, but I can definitely detect it, and I notice it every time it happens. A glass of water on the table will move from it.
There is no obvious cause for it. Initially, my girlfriend thought it was small earthquakes, but USGS has never reported anything in or around our area. After that, I suspected it was because big trucks were driving by, but it'll happen even in the middle of the night when it's dead quiet. I don't think it's wind, because we don't live in a windy area, but I suppose it might possible.
I don't know when the house was built, but it's in a Victorian style. It's 3 stories tall. It's been 'divided' so about 4 different groups of people can live in it. I live on the 1st floor.
Some parts of the house are slanted. For example, the kitchen floor doesn't look even; the refrigerator doesn't run parallel to the wall. In my room, there is a very slight slant, not very noticeable, but my girlfriend noticed it.
I don't own the house (it's run by a property management company), and I haven't verified if any of the other tenants have noticed things like this.
Should I be concerned? Does this signify something about the structure that I should be worried about?
Submitted June 10, 2016 at 01:06AM by randitrigger http://ift.tt/1tehhIh AskEngineers
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