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Question by Petcreatures78: How long does it take a house to "settle"? My grandparents built their house when I was born in 1978. Growing up, there was always strange knocking and groaning sounds. My granddad always said it was the house "settling". I went to visit this winter and it still makes similar noises. Shouldn't it be settled by now? Could it have something to do with the furnace? It's a 3 story A frame style house in Alaska. Best answer for How long does it take a house to "settle"?:
Answer by darius70
That is a very complicated question. The answer will be different for every house based on how the house is constructed, what materials were used and what type of ground the house sits on. If the house is built on top of a clay bed, it may never finish settling... look up info on the leaning tower of Pisa for a very graphic example of this. Also, A log home will take a long time for the logs to dry and move before "settling".
Answer by dnutter
Billions and billions of years
Answer by the rock
depends on the soil content the foundation was built on..if sandy soil it will take longer than dirt or clay..and if its mixed..it wil take alittle longer..anywhere from 20 to 100 years
Answer by piotr102
House usually settle up to one year two tops but frame houses especially make those noises because of temperatures changes the wood will contract and expand making some noises also with atmospheric pre ssure and wind the house will move a little. Every home has some give. In my house I hear noises all the time and it was build in the 50's, I have forced air heating and I can hear the air in the ducts all the time.
Answer by Possum
depending on where your at in alaska the house will never "settle"......permafrost is never stable and heaves every winter
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The report, Because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls 2012, was released in New York by Plan International on the United Nations' first International Day of the Girl.
"The estimated 75Â million girls missing from classrooms across the world is a major violation of rights and a huge waste of young potential," the child poverty alleviation group said in launching the report.
A total of one in three girls is denied education, but Plan's report focuses especially on 39Â million girls aged between 11 and 15, right on the cusp of becoming young women, who are out of school.
The report â€" which coincided with the news this week of a 14-year-old Pakistani girl gunned down for her criticism of Taliban campaigns against girl's education â€" underlined the hugely positive impact that school can have on girls in poor countries.
"An educated girl is less vulnerable to violence, less likely to marry and have children when still a child herself, and more likely to be literate and healthy into adulthood â€" as are her own children," Plan International CEO Nigel Chapman said.
"Her earning power is increased and she is more likely to invest her income for the benefit of her family, community and country. It is not an exaggeration to say educating girls can save lives and transform futures."
In Washington, President Barack Obama's administration marked the inaugural Day of the Girl by pledging to promote "the rights and status of girls here in the United States and around the world."
"We know that when girls have access to education and healthcare, are safe from violence, and have equal opportunities to reach their full potential, families and communities are more likely to thrive," the White House said.
Plan called on global leaders to ensure a minimum of nine years' schooling for all children, giving them a better chance to enter secondary education.
But special priority should be given to girls, the humanitarian organisation said, with greater funding and programs to stop child marriage and violence in schools â€" two main reasons for the current dropout rate among girls.
In many cases, poor families pull daughters from school out of fear for their health or safety. In Ghana, 83% of parents interviewed for the report said the risks of pregnancy were a disadvantage of school.
The report said that in Togo, 16% of children interviewed named a teacher responsible for a classmate's pregnancy. That figure was 15% in Mali and 11% in Senegal.
In Ghana, 75% of children said teachers were the main source of school violence.
The opposite trend is also true, with school attendance leading to an ever-widening series of benefits.
"If adolescent girls stay in school and obtain real skills, research shows that they will earn more income in the future, marry later, and have fewer and healthier children," Plan said. "In the longer term, secondary education protects girls against HIV and AIDS, sexual harassment and human trafficking."
As the report came out, Pakistani teen Malala Yousafzai was fighting for her life after being shot in the head in broad daylight on a school bus.
Her struggle resonated with tens of thousands of girls denied an education by militants across northwest Pakistan, where the government has been fighting local Taliban since 2007.
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