I did an All Pro Home Inspection on a newer house – less than a year old.
The customer could not comprehend why there have been many stress cracks beginning to take place throughout the interiors. Doors went out of true and plumb were turning into hard to operate, the floors steep and also the hardwood floors began to reveal large gaps on areas.
Right after a geologist ruled out any soil issues I entered the crawl space to check things out.
This didn’t take long to discover many framing oddities. There have been shims added to the sill plate to compensate for the uneven ground in areas, there were two sill plates added in at sections of the foundation rather than one, horizontal beams didn’t line up correctly, big spaces were noted in between the top of the concrete and sill plate.
All this odd work contributed up to the truth that someone was attempting to make amends for a major mistake in the foundation.
Right after performing additional investigation I discovered that this foundation had actually been poured five inches away from level from one end to the other. The tried corrections were insufficient as the house was undergoing more than usual settlement.
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