From a completely uneven house to a kitchen floor that’s uneven, there are typically three factors that contribute to an uneven floor. If you’re dealing with one of these, the uneven floors are just a symptom of a deeper problem.
You may have floors that look very much like these. You can also see an example of how the sagging floor joist underneath a home may look, leading to the floor dropping in the house.
The ground sinking near your foundation tells you that there’s a problem with the soil that your home is built on, and you have house settling. When the soil can’t support the weight of your home, your home sinks, and settles. There are a few things that can compromise the soil:
Foundation settlement is a job for a professional foundation repair contractor. It cannot be safely done with kits. Quick fixes don’t address the foundation settlement problems, and can be expensive and can cause more damage to your home’s foundation.
The ground sinking tells you that there’s a problem and it could be affecting your foundation.
Foundation Settlement repair is not a do-it-yourself project. Filling the problem area with dirt or gravel isn’t going to solve the real problem.
To make a level surface where your foundation can be built, builders will sometimes bring in loose soil from another location, using it to fill in hollow or depressed areas.
If you’ve just started seeing floor and wall gaps in your home, it may be tempting to put off fixing it for the time being.
Home repairs can be expensive, especially when you’re repairing an extremely important part of the home like your foundation.
A separation between the floor and the wall is no small matter, and it’s important that you’re able to fix it.
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