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Re: Cracked Foundation <moo 12-16-2006
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Posted by on December 16, 2006, 1:22 am
Are you saying this is a crack in the wall
or in the floor?

In the floor it is not such a bad situation but if it is a new floor
under 5 years old then it just shows that the construction was
done by people trying to make a quick buck

I had this happen once the idiot contractor was late in installing
the garage floor so a day before the people are to move in
he throws a floor in and the temperature had been below
30 for some time and all I can do is bet that the garage
had idoit painters and other crews using water in the garage
and the floor filled with ice
so he tops it off with stone and pours

6 months later there are fractures in the slab
and a car has never been parked in the garage


So you know if its in the slab there is no real fix for that
and if its in the wall and it is along the whole wall traveling
horozontal for 30 feet or something then that wall is screwedup

it will come back to bite you later



>I am looking at buying a house and there is a crack in foundation that
> runs from the back of the house to about 3/4 of the way in the front in
> the garage. There seems to be another crack that runs off this that
> sneaks into the kitchen area but it does not seem to extend any
> farther.
>
> The crack is about 1/8" wide and the difference between the two sides
> seems to be up to 1/4" in some areas. This will be my first house.
> How concerned should I be with this crack? People have been telling me
> that it is a fairly common problem in that area. I am concerned about
> how much it will cost to fix this and also how it will effect the
> resale value.
>



Posted by Art on December 16, 2006, 5:27 pm
moo@anonamoo.com wrote:
> Are you saying this is a crack in the wall
> or in the floor?
>
> In the floor it is not such a bad situation but if it is a new floor
<snip>
> So you know if its in the slab there is no real fix for that

Not the wall, not the floor, not the slab. He said "Cracked Foundation".

--
Art

Posted by John Reddy on December 17, 2006, 7:46 am

> moo@anonamoo.com wrote:
> > Are you saying this is a crack in the wall
> > or in the floor?
> >
> > In the floor it is not such a bad situation but if it is a new floor
> <snip>
> > So you know if its in the slab there is no real fix for that
>
> Not the wall, not the floor, not the slab. He said "Cracked Foundation".

OK, then. What did he mean? Footings, grade beams, pile caps?

Even though he said foundation, I would guess he's talking about the
floor.

Posted by Michael Bulatovich on December 17, 2006, 11:50 am

>
>> moo@anonamoo.com wrote:
>> > Are you saying this is a crack in the wall
>> > or in the floor?
>> >
>> > In the floor it is not such a bad situation but if it is a new floor
>> <snip>
>> > So you know if its in the slab there is no real fix for that
>>
>> Not the wall, not the floor, not the slab. He said "Cracked Foundation".
>
> OK, then. What did he mean? Footings, grade beams, pile caps?
>
> Even though he said foundation, I would guess he's talking about the
> floor.

See thread on liability.....hehe



Posted by Art on December 17, 2006, 2:12 pm
John Reddy wrote:
>
>> moo@anonamoo.com wrote:
>>> Are you saying this is a crack in the wall
>>> or in the floor?
>>>
>>> In the floor it is not such a bad situation but if it is a new floor
>> <snip>
>>> So you know if its in the slab there is no real fix for that
>> Not the wall, not the floor, not the slab. He said "Cracked Foundation".
>
> OK, then. What did he mean? Footings, grade beams, pile caps?
>
> Even though he said foundation, I would guess he's talking about the
> floor.

The foundation, IMO would be what sits on top of the footing and
supports the "box" or the floor. Most likely it would be brick or block.
Since he said foundation I would say he is not on a slab. Only the op
can say for sure, but I thought he described it fairly well. Well okay,
except maybe for the part about the crack starting at point A and ending
at point B and neglecting to mention any reference to the actual
distance. The cracks could be 2 feet or 50 feet.
This link might help or it might not.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation_%28architecture%29


--
Art

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