Foundation Horizontal Bow Crack / Displacement

[Joseph Hagarty, CMI]

Some minor cracking.................

[ekartal6]

Joe,

Lateral pressure? Any clear indication of what cause this?

Erol Kartal

[Richard A. Hetzel]

Questions to ask:
1. Thickness of wall?
2. Reinforced or not?
3. Height of outside grade measured from the basement floor?
4. Presence of anything like a stoop or driveway directly outside that
location?
5. Other possible causes:
a. Hydrostatic pressure
b. Improper backfill (rocks, construction debris)
c. Construction equipment running too close to wall.
d. Tree roots

[dhelm]

Look for outside to be inside next rainy season

[Larry D. Kage]

That is nothing that filling that basement with concrete wouldn't cure.

[Kenton H. Shepard, CMI]

Ever see that movie... Tremors, with Fred Ward and Kevin Bacon?

[rwand1]

Joe,

Thats minor cracking compared to what I saw this week, which was bowed/cracked on three walls. Owner had no idea. $$$$$