The foundation on my house is cracking or cracked. I ignore the issue many years a go but now the doors are getting very hard to close and open. I see cracks in everywhere (dry wall, ceiling, exterior brick, etc.)

Before notifying my insurance (believe it is covered), I wanted to get some insight on this. Personal experiences and how you dealt with it. Estimated cost of repair?

 

I assume you live in Texas Megatron, have you been watering your foundation?

 

Insurance isn't going to cover it. If it is in Texas, just wait until winter when we get rain because it will shift again once the ground softens up a bit.

 

What insurance do you have that covers foundation cracking? Not homeowners for sure.

You MUST water your foundation during the summer, it is a required maintenance.

You MUST water the foundation evenly. One of the bigger causes of foundation issues is uneven watering. You water the front bushes and probably the back flower bed and neglect the sides.

In Texas the soil ground level can vary by as much as 7" in height from full wet to full dry. That's the pressures that's causing the foundation to move.

Go ahead and get it fixed cause your buyer can't get a loan on a house with foundation issues which means you can't sell it. So go ahead and fix it so that you get some benefits from the repair and also because you won't scare potential buyers away and cost you money on the sale.

 

Wow, that is crazy. We don't have to deal with that up here. We have frost heaves in the winter and have to make foundations different for that but I had never heard of having to water a foundation.

I know you can get a house jack and jack up the house to fix the foundation. My brother who is in home construction has a couple. It is kind of strange to watch somebody jack up a house like they are fixing a flat. But don't jack up your house without knowing what you are doing if you are going to DIY. It can be big trouble.

 

definetly depends on the area of the US you live in. Also the age of the home and the type of foundation it was built on. regardless every house foundation will crack in one way or another eventually over time. the earth is constantly moving and so is the ground your house was built on. wether its a large crack or small crack it will happen.

 

Most people freak out when they find a concrete crack never realizing that concrete will eventually crack and many times it doesn't mean a thing.

Every area (soil type) has it's own issues. What's great in one part of the country might be horrible in another.

 

the doors going that far out of square is concerning. I would have a professional come out and take a good look. They have specialists that work solely on foundation cracking. Sometimes they will just "jack" it back into place and load the foundation. Costs a few grand, generally no more than 10k. But well worth it if you like the house.