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In English they are called "bearing walls". (as in load-bearing)mania:the structure of the walls that at least in Polish are called "carrying the weight walls" and I have no idea how are they called in English. These are walls that carry all the house's weight (not only the outside walls of the house but also internal ones).
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Kat:There is no visable damage. A couple small chips out of the bricks, outside. And paint from the car, on the bricks. Neither the bricks or the mortar are cracked.
No visible damage to the interior wall.
No visible damage to the cement basement wall. Which I am assuming is the foundation.
But whole house actually shook & I was at the opposited end of the house when it happened.
Nope - foundation - at least that's the way houses are build here - is the concrete basement layed under the actual basement. So we first dig a huge whole and put there quite a lot of concrete. On top of it stands the whole construction of the house. And as MikeC stressed - there are such things as hidded damages - the structure of the cement or briks can be damaged and you may not see it. So call the inspector and let him asses the effect the accident had.Kat:No visible damage to the cement basement wall. Which I am assuming is the foundation.