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    foundation posts skewing...please adivse

    2nd update: The second foundation company stopped by, did his measurements and said the right corner of the house is off by -1 1/4 inch measuring from the left corner. I asked the guy if he will be going down to the crawl space to inspect the piers and the outside/cement foundation. The guy...
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    foundation posts skewing...please adivse

    Good point, the guy didn't say anything about a crack foundation. I'll make sure to ask the next foundation guy. Is it safe to say if there are no cracks in the cement foundation, we shouldn't even mess with the foundation itself? I believe the raised foundation -posts/piers need to be fixed.
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    foundation posts skewing...please adivse

    I forgot to ask about the footing, but I did ask them three times regarding the status of the piers. They said they measured my floor and it's not off much.
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    foundation posts skewing...please adivse

    OK so the first foundation group showed up, they did their things and came back with a proposal. The posts and Piers are OK, they are normal not a problem at all. I'm taking all this in since they are the professional and know these things. However they suggest that the right side of my house is...
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    foundation posts skewing...please adivse

    I believe the previous owner did a bad job and trying to stiffen the floor. On some he must have cut the posts too short then on one of them the block is off center. I can't imagine the block moved that much, half of the house is on cement slab so the house couldn't move that much. I understand...
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    foundation posts skewing...please adivse

    Hi All, Just a bit about the house, built in 1980 partial slab and posts/piers foundation. Only the living room and kitchen are on posts with crawl space. Bought the house about 4 yrs ago don't remember seeing an inspection report, anyway, my front door sticked last year got a new door now it...
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