Basement foundation settling beyond basic D.I.Y. point?
an inch needs to be cut off of the baseboard but that still leaves a pertruding inch of the slab difference (hard to explain)
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Rockbiter on Jun 28, 2015another spot is a major support pole (not sure if it's sunken status really shows in the pic)Helpful Reply
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Hope Williams on Jun 29, 2015Past the DIY point. You need foundation expert and your county extension agent for the soil erosion. You have one problem, (soil) causing your home to literally shift on/off its foundation. If you don't get this fixed and soon, you are going to have other structural and cosmetic issues very soon!Helpful Reply
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Lee Ann on Jun 29, 2015We had this happen. The dirt under the house was washed away from a pipe leaking under the house. We have cracks in walls and ceilings. The house slopes toward the back. Luckily the foundation is good. We had people come in and put cement under the house. They put in as much as we could afford. It still slopes not as bad. You can't fix it from above you have to get cement under it. We had crickets and mice getting in. Since we fixed it we don't have crickets and finally got rid of the mice.Helpful Reply
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Bonny McDaniel on Jun 29, 2015You do need a professional contractor to fix this. There is a method where they pump in an expanding filler that will jack up the house to where it needs to be and fills in the void under the house. You might need to get a home improvement loan to cover the cost but, if you don't do it, you won't have a liveable house.Helpful Reply
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9530106 on Jun 29, 2015My son lives in Aurora, and they had a similar problem with their family room. They had to have the room mudjacked(as well as their entry steps) after they had put down new carpet, no less. They also had to have extensive landscape-drainage work done outside. Good luck!Helpful Reply
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