slab foundation slippage
slab foundation slippage
(OP)
I have a two story home that seems to be slipping off of it's slab foundation. Live on a hill, track home with no sheer walls. Just stucco on wood. Lots of interior cracks. Has anyone heard of caulk bumping the slab foundation? What are the risks/benefits/costs? Can any construction/building contractor do this? Or is this such a specialized field that I need to hire geotech?
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RE: slab foundation slippage
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RE: slab foundation slippage
In any case to ameliorate the state of what existent measures need be taken, if slippage, against splippage, and in any case against the excessive deformations leading to the cracks.
Unfortunately a relatively thin slab on the floor is not the best with what to start to straighten -stiffen- a home.
Foundations need be stiff to relieve the elevated work of disproportionate bad effects that precisely weak foundations cause. Of course, stiff foundations are costlier, but use to be better.
RE: slab foundation slippage
RE: slab foundation slippage
I'd be very leery of any "fix" in your area that's undertaken without a geotechnical study. You could be making matters worse...
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