House Foundation
House Foundation
(OP)
My friend had a house inspected and the foundation walls are cinder block. The inspection report says the walls have come in by up to .5 inch. There are some vertical cracks and horizontal cracks. A contractor told her the horizontal cracks are more concerning than the verttical. The house is in Wisonsin. Is this foundation something to be worried about, or is less than .5 inch movement to the inside of the house ok? Also, why would horizontal be more concerning?





RE: House Foundation
1/2" displacent is something I would consider as significant. It is not clear if the displacement has stabilized. I.e. will the wall continue to move?
I'd retain a strucutral engineer to look at it...
CVA1993
RE: House Foundation
Has the wall remained straight but it tilted inward? If so, the house strucure may have started to buttress against further displacement. If the wall has bulged, the bulging will likely continue unless the force acting to bulge the wall has been reduced.
She should have it looked at by a structural engineer.