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Ceiling, walls, floors, roof have cracking, popping noises
My home is a 26 year old, 1 1/2 story with a full basement. 2 years ago I had a 2 level deck replaced and added a pergola above half of the deck. Also, 6 years ago, I had an overhead and walk-in basement doors removed and had a basement wall poured for that section, because there was a problem with water coming into the basement underneath the doors. The house was jacked up on the SW side to pour the wall.
Over the last several years, the floors started creaking and floorboards have come loose. Over the last year, especially this winter, there are intermittent significant cracking and popping noises in the ceilings, floors, walls, and roof. I have noticed cracks in the drywall above some doorways and windows, as well as some cracks in the basement walls at the top (above ground). There are hairline cracks in the basement floor. My driveway pad has sunk down on one end, about 2 inches, closest to the house, as well. This has transpired over the last several years. Help! |
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I raise houses and build foundations for a living, and I can tell you that the pad was not dug deep enough and is now sinking. Your going to have to jack that area up again, pull out the pad, dig to clay or rock and pour again. Try to find rock, clean it off and drill rebar into it than pour.
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I think this is part of your problem "house was jacked up on the SW side to pour the wall." If the house is 26 years old it would have cracked long ago if you had a bad foundation. Cracks started after you raised the house, that puts stress on the whole building. Who did the raising and how was it done? Call them back to make sure you are sitting on the sill correctly. Pooring a wall where a door once was would not cause this but raising the home could |
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I don't know where you live, but in many areas there is soil that is part of a rift system and it causes upheaval in the ground. You said the driveway has sunk and there is movement all over the house so it does not sound like an isolated problem in one area. I would have a soil test done to see what kind of soil and compaction that you have. I have seen large underground water leaks or underground river systems that have grown cause this kind of movement as well. There are many different ways to fix settling issues, but you have to identify the problem first.
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