Sagging and Bowing: Does your home need a facelift?
If you live in an older home you may have begun to notice that the house has begun to groan and settle and sag unappealingly in places. Are your floors beginning to feel bouncy? Are they sloping to the center of the house? Are they sepperating from the baseboard trim? Do sections of floor look wavy? If you answered yes to any of these questions fear not your home is just in need of a few lifts and tucks and structural upgrades.
While a bit of sagging and bowing to a homes floor or walls is common and even expected over time as a result of gradually applied stress or foundation settling--too many slopes and springs in a floor may be a sign of a more serious underlying problem. If you find your floors are sagging and warped and that cracks are beginning to appear in your homes various stress points (in corners, over windows and doors, or where walls meet) and damage that extends beyond the floor and baseboards is a sign of foundation deterioration that should be addressed as soon as possible.
We at Foothills Crawlspace are pleased to provide a wide variety of foundation support systems to our customers from checking for damage to checking the joists and installing SmartJacks and raising sagging floors. If you have foundation concerns in your home please feel free to contact us for a free inspection and estimate.
Posted on: January 25th 2012 by: John Salmon
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