Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:02 pm
Ah, i understood PP sitting on 9 to 76 meters of bedrock, my bad.

As far as I know bedrock is usually quite a few kilometers thick rather than a few meters.

Do you not see all the building collapses in the news?

No, there have been very few considering the dodgy building practices.

andy1 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:22 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:30 pm

Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:02 pm
Ah, i understood PP sitting on 9 to 76 meters of bedrock, my bad.

As far as I know bedrock is usually quite a few kilometers thick rather than a few meters.

Do you not see all the building collapses in the news?

No, there have been very few considering the dodgy building practices.

Recently there has been at least one building collapse in Sihanoukville another in Kampot, which both claimed a lot of lives there were also numerous buildings that were inspected after those collapses that were supposed to be demolished.(but were they)????

Sure, I remember both were quite a while back. Like I said, very few.

rogerrabbit wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 2:51 pm How old is the building?

I have no idea. There were barely any high-rise buildings in PP twenty years ago so I’m guessing it’s younger than that.

timmydownawell wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:23 pm Is it more noticeable in high winds, like just before the rain storms hit?

Not that I’ve noticed. We did have that particularly nasty brief storm a few weeks ago and I didn’t experience any swaying then.

It is 100% pretty much exclusively felt when there is movement somewhere in the block. I feel it strongest when my partner is exercising on the balcony, but I can also tell when people are simply walking up the stairs on the side of the building. When I feel it start to sway, especially at night, I listen out for someone opening their door shortly after, and they always do. There are also times when it just happens for no apparent reason, but I just get the feeling someone on the upper floors is doing something to cause it. [insert your own jokes here]

We’ve pretty much decided it’s best to just get out of there. It’s probably an over-reaction and I know that sudden building collapses are very rare, but they do happen, and we just don’t feel safe there. Walking back last night I looked at the entire building from the side and it appeared to me that it was slightly leaning. My partner couldn’t see it and told me I was being stupid, but for the first time I could easily imagine the building simply falling forward.

I hope we are just exaggerating, but I’d rather be safe than sorry.

xandreu wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 9:11 am
We’ve pretty much decided it’s best to just get out of there.

You're just paranoid. Building built in Cambodia have never just collapsed. Oh wait...

Kep 2020

Sihanoukville 2019