Should I Buy A House With Bowing Basement Walls
Camila Farah
Dave cook a project manager and basement specialist with feldco construction in chicago illinois has spent his life working with new and old homes as well as basement construction including installation and remodeling of a variety of basements.
You definitely need that checked out. They won t solve the problem. I would definitely not buy that house unless i knew exactly what the cause and how expensive the. So before you buy a house with a basement contractors and builders suggest these 7 things to consider first.
There are lots of people who buy houses with finished basements that have huge problems hidden behind the finished walls. The cause of crack whether in basement concrete walls or slab on grade in the flooring of the basement are attributed to many reasons. I always think it s funny that. What s the water situation.
Bowing basement walls are not an issue i want to deal with. I personally would walk away. If the house is graded poorly then those beams ultimately mean nothing. We only repaired them for resale.
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Those people have no idea what they re buying. I grew up in a house with severely bowed foundation walls that didn t cause any problems for over 30 years. You should know why the walls are bowing.Source : pinterest.com