Your home should be the safest place for your family. To protect your family from intruders, you install the latest alarm and surveillance systems. But then, intruders aren’t the only ones you need to protect your family from. You must ensure that your house is structurally sound and won’t collapse on unwary family members. Newly built houses may be still very secure but as years pass, soil movement may cause your foundation to weaken. So, when do you look for foundation repair Ottawa? Here are some telltale signs that your home’s foundation may be damaged and is in need of repair:
Uneven or sloping floors. One telltale sign of foundation problems is the floor separating from the wall. Check areas where the floor meets walls and see if there are gaps between them. This would indicate that the floor has sunk. Another way of checking this is to put a ball on the floor and check if it rolls more than a couple of inches of drop.
Cracks in walls and ceilings. Stair-step or zigzag cracks in exterior or interior brick walls indicate unstable soil. Prominent wall cracks also indicate movement in the foundation. These cracks can reach as high as the roof and damage it if left untreated, meaning you’re not just looking at a foundation repair company but a Toronto Roofing Company as well. Some cracks may not be visible on walls covered with wallpaper. Just go over the entire wall and check for torn areas.
Stuck doors. Doors that are either stuck close or open may indicate sloping floors. They get stuck when either the top or the bottom of the door hits the door frame. A more visible sign that indicates foundation problems is door frame separation.
Walls Separating from House. Gaps in corners of the house may indicate that the walls are moving apart. This necessitates immediate repairs lest one of the wall collapses and causes much more damage.
These are the most common signs that your home is in need of a foundation repair. At the time of noticing such problems, the first thing you should do is acquire a structural report from a structural engineer who can give you an objective opinion and suggest the best solution to your problem. After which, you can hire an ottawa foundation repair professional to correct the damage. When you see any of those telltale signs, immediately address the issue before the damage gets worse.
thanks for this info! wasn’t actually aware of foundation repairs but now i am!
Foundation repair is s serious thing that should be handled by professionals.
it’s always important to find a reliable repair company.
If a house’s foundation is close to damaging, it can lead to a house damage too. Thanks for these guide. Surely will help us.
Your post reminded me that I need to check our home. We might need some repairs.
Thank you for sharing these signs. I checked our house and I think we don’t need a home repair yet. There are few changes that I want to be made though like changing our main door with a sliding door.
I never knew about this at all – thank you for the guidelines when to get a repair.
our foundation should always be good otherwise the whole thing will collapse and it could be a bigger problem
My husband has already noticed a few ceiling cracks that appear in our living room, and he wants to make sure those aren’t a significant issue before the cracks have been repaired. We also want to figure out what the reason is to the cause of cracking and would be ready to hire a foundation company that specializes in foundation crack repair in ri or consultancy near the RI area. Thanks for the share=)