The southwest corner of the house is sinking. That corner of the house has an amazing amount of
concrete around it, so I doubt as much water gets down to the foundation there as around the rest of the house.
We couldn't close any of the inside doors in the house this summer. Then in December something shifted, we were able to close the inside doors (while being now unable to close the back door), and cracks start to appear in the kitchen ceiling.
The cracks spread and widened as winter progressed
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| Kitchen ceiling above the sink. |
until they followed the sheets of gyprock across the entire ceiling and down the wall above the refridgerator.
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| Kitchen ceiling. |
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| Above the 'fridge. |
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We would hear the occasional, ominous CRACK, and then notice more signs of separating.
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| The ledge on the west wall. |
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| The ledge. |
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| The ledge beside the back door. |
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| Above the back door. |
We will be renting a jackhammer again to remove more concrete.
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| Tearing up the sidealk. |
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| Spring 2006 |
More than just the top layer this time. I suspect all two (or is it three or four) other layers will have to come out this time. And an experiment in foundation jacking will occur.
And the hot water tank 'died' just before Easter, and the roof is leaking in places. The Geek can install a new tank, but unfortunately, we don't do roofing.
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