Warning Signs Your Foundation May Need Repaired

Is your home older? 

Are you wondering if you may need to stabilize your foundation? 

Overtime homes often sink and settle into the ground, especially during temperature fluctuations that happen during season changes. The ground cannot always support homes, as one side may begin to sink. When a foundation shifts, if uneven it will begin to cause unwanted problems in your home. 

Are you experiencing:

1. Cracks in your Floors or Walls: Types of cracks include horizontal cracks which run along the wall and indicate that there is uneven pressure that is pushing on the wall of the foundation. Diagonal cracks mean that overtime your home has settled unevenly. Lastly, stair-step cracking is caused by differential settlement by pressures from soil.
2. Floor Gaps: Floor gapping that is visible between walls and flooring in a home is a sign of foundational shifts and ongoing movements. If these types of gaps are unaddressed it could cause failures in the foundation structure of your home.
3. Bowing Walls: To indicate if you have bowing walls in your home, you will often see cracking in your walls or floors. Another indication could be that your windows or doors in your home have a hard time opening or shutting.
4. Sagging Floors: Sagging Flooring will often be found if your floors in your home feel bouncy, or if objects consistently roll to one side of the floor. Other indications include objects appearing to be uneven/tilted, or even feeling unstable while standing in your home. 
   
   

If you are aware of any of these circumstances in your home, you may need to repair your foundation. Cleveland Basement Systems offers a large variation of foundation products to repair even the toughest structural problems.  

Schedule a FREE inspection and estimate, and our crew will recommend the best products to create a safer home for you and your family.