Hi all,
I check this forum regularly and all of your knowledge helped me tremendously with home projects. Now I have my own issue that's over my head that I need some advice on.
Last year we purchased a house. This house is built on a 6' or so slope, and has a vertical foundational crack at the bottom of the slope in the east wall near the SE corner (REF: East2a.jpg, East3a.jpg). Our home inspector called out the crack in the inspection, and noted that it had been supported by brackets run horizontally across the cracks, and the crack looks to have been filled. The support bracket runs along the corner of the house to the south side (REF: South1a.jpg). It looks like it was professionally done, but who knows.
Concern 1: The bottom of the crack is still exposed (East3a.jpg). There's a gaping hole of unknown depth. I'm also not sure how far undergdound it goes. Does this need to be corrected?
Concern 2: There's another crack on the south wall about 6' from the damaged corner (REF: South2a.jpg). This is a lot thinner. But because it's so close to the first crack and on the adjacent wall, could that mean the SE footing is broken?
Thanks!!
Tim
I check this forum regularly and all of your knowledge helped me tremendously with home projects. Now I have my own issue that's over my head that I need some advice on.
Last year we purchased a house. This house is built on a 6' or so slope, and has a vertical foundational crack at the bottom of the slope in the east wall near the SE corner (REF: East2a.jpg, East3a.jpg). Our home inspector called out the crack in the inspection, and noted that it had been supported by brackets run horizontally across the cracks, and the crack looks to have been filled. The support bracket runs along the corner of the house to the south side (REF: South1a.jpg). It looks like it was professionally done, but who knows.
Concern 1: The bottom of the crack is still exposed (East3a.jpg). There's a gaping hole of unknown depth. I'm also not sure how far undergdound it goes. Does this need to be corrected?
Concern 2: There's another crack on the south wall about 6' from the damaged corner (REF: South2a.jpg). This is a lot thinner. But because it's so close to the first crack and on the adjacent wall, could that mean the SE footing is broken?
Thanks!!
Tim
