Eight symptoms, one page apiece
Appearance, innocent explanations, the checks a repair firm runs, and the work that may follow.
- Cracked brick or drywallMortar joints split in a zigzag outdoors, or drywall torn on the slant above a door indoors.Read more
- Doors and windows gone stubbornThe front door drags on its frame, a bedroom latch misses the strike, a sash jams halfway.Read more
- Floors out of trueYou sense a tilt walking the hallway, a hollow in the den, or a tremble as someone crosses the room.Read more
- A crack through the concreteVisible on the garage floor, telegraphed through a run of tile, or exposed on the slab face outdoors.Read more
- Wood floor sagging on its piersAn older raised house whose floorboards dip, creak or shudder between supports.Read more
- One end of the house sitting lowTrim parting from the ceiling at one end, and a room that seems to lean toward its outside wall.Read more
- Porch, stoop or chimney coming adriftDaylight showing where the stoop, patio slab or chimney once sat tight to the wall.Read more
- Rain standing against the slabRainwater still lying along the wall a day later, or planting beds that stay boggy.Read more
How to read several signs together
Foundation movement leaves a trail. When part of a house drops, the wall above it racks, so a door on that wall binds, a crack opens at the corner of the frame, and the floor falls toward the outside. Finding all three in one corner is more telling than finding three unrelated flaws in three rooms.
Make a rough sketch of the floor plan and mark each thing you have noticed. If the marks bunch up along one wall or in one corner, tell the company that when you call. If they are scattered evenly, age and ordinary wear are more likely.
Ready for someone to measure the house?
Dial the number and say what you have noticed. A foundation repair firm covering your part of the Coastal Bend answers, books a visit, and afterward sends its report and price under its own name. That firm is a separate business from this website.
Wall, ceiling or floor shifting while you watch? Gas in the air? Get everybody outdoors, then phone 911 or the gas utility.
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