We bought the house 11 months ago. Crack was there when we first viewed the house September of last year. Wife wouldn't go for an engineer because of fee. It has always been on mind but then I found the stupid gutter drain system that makes me worry. Especially if the gutter was put in 16...
Definitely going to get a structural engineer to check it out. In the meantime, I have dug a trench, added a wye and a section of drain pipe to get the water away from the corner. Hopefully this helps as we are getting alot of rain from the current hurricane.
Charlie, It is foundation wall...
View of the gutter drain pipe.
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Need some advise guys. I'm a ME so I dont have much knowledge on this. I have a crack in my CMU wall on the rear corner of my house. See attachment. The house faces uphill. The crack goes just about from top to bottom. Some through the block and some just between blocks but basically a...
