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-. -� Avenue. The City of Roseville engineer examined the pipe and the explanation of why it was there is as follows: The home to tt�e immediate north is the only home in the neighborhood that is located on a raised building site. The site was formerly used as the Pig Pen for the farm and the soil was not stable or suitable to build. The site was built up then excavated for construction. The built up site caused the homes along Judith Avenue's north (or reaz yazds) side to flood. The drainage pipe was installed to move the water from the east to the west thus the grade on the east side of my home is a negative grade for approximately 21 feet from the not[heast corner of my garage to the middle of the yard. The middle of the yard is about were the grade starts to run to the east towards the city street and sewer system. The chronic repairs and continued costs to complete the repairs were tolerated; however, do cause stress from enjoying the property at certain times of the yeaz when the repairs must be done whether or not we have the funds to complete them. The problem of the repairs came to a head this spring. We noticed that our hardwood floors were getting a little wavy and decided that it was tune to have them refinished. The contracted floor re finisher asked that we remove the baseboard molding. The baseboard on the north wall was removed and we found the presence of mold just inside our home where the dryer vent goes outside. The contractor also told us the wave in the floor was being caused by the dryer vent. We checked the vent to see if it was a clog. There was no clog in the vent so we called and heating and air conditioning company to see what the problem was. The problem was the exhaust vent itsel£ A home dryer has a blower motor rated for about 40 feet ma�cimum. The code enforcement officer for the CiTy of Roseville sated that our vent is at the maacimum 40 feet our further depending on the number of bends. Each bend in the vent pipe counts as five to 8 feet and we have four bends. There is also a section of the dryer vent pipe that runs 14 feet straight across the floor. This section is not to be longer than ten feet and every ten is supposed to be sloped. This is causing our hazdwood floors to heat and warp due to improper installation. The vent runs parallel to the floor joists which run north and south leaving no direction to relocate the vent without relocating the laundry room. The following repair items are recurring and continue to be financial burdens and now with the recent discovery of mold and a son with asthma, health concerns. These items are preventing me from enjoying my home and were not caused by my family or me. The moisture and mold on the inside wall above the dryer vent. The dryer blower motor is not rated to move the hot dryer air that far and when it meets the cold winter air, the hot air remains in the tube causing moisture and mold to build up on the inside wall. The concrete settling and sinking in the northwest corner of the interior, and exterior of the garage. This is due to a lack of footing or footings that were not extended faz enough to provide the needed support. The negative grade caused by the build up of the neighbor's site to the immediate north. This is causing standing water problems on the northeast and east side of my home. The grade to the street and city sewer begins to slope 21 feet from the comer of my garage. The negative grade is causing siding to rot and water to get inside the gazage under the service door and leak into the basement level. The wood service door frame continues to rot at the bottom. The site is a comer site and the set backs for corner sites restrict the homeowners more severely that the set backs for interior sites.