A Look At Understanding Structural Foundation Damage
If you live in a house that has large cracks in the walls
or large cracks coming off of the corners of your doors and window
openings, there's a good chance that your house is suffering from
structural foundation damage. What does it look like and what can we do
about it?
The first thing that we need to do is understand how the structural
foundation damage actually happened to your house. The major cause for
structural foundation damage in most parts of the United States is going
to be poor soil conditions and erosion.
If the soil isn't compacted properly or the house was built on poor
soil, there is a very good chance that the house will suffer eventually
from foundation damage, however the extent of the damage won't be known
until it actually happens.
Now what can you do about the house that has large cracks on the
interior and exterior walls? You can fix the walls, but if you don't fix
the foundation, you're going to have more cracks in the future. You
can't fix the walls before you fix the building foundation damage.
It would take a lot more than this simple article to tell you everything
that I know about structural foundation damage, but the one thing that I
can tell you for sure, is to get it fixed as soon as possible, to
prevent more damage to the rest of the house.
Even if you get books, read articles or watch movies on foundation
repairs, it wouldn't be a bad idea to contact a licensed professional to
get their opinions. If you're not going to hire the building foundation
repair contractors, explain your situation to them and see if they can
offer any advice or work out some sort of financial agreement, just in
case you need their services.