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Old 05-01-2009, 10:25 PM
 
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I just moved into my house 2 weeks ago. I knew that it had a foundation issue in the past that had been addressed and there is a warranty on the work, but there did not appear to be any current issues.

Well today I noticed that my garage door is not sitting square on the track and in fact the exterior brickwork between my two garage doors is now leaning to the left. I think this happened in the last few days and may be due to all the recent rain. Anyone else having an issue? Any advice on first steps to getting this looked at? I have a home warranty - should I start there? Have an engineer look at it? Contact the firm that did the work and I have a warranty with?
Also, this stinks
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Old 05-02-2009, 08:07 AM
 
Location: Austin, TX
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I just moved into my house 2 weeks ago. I knew that it had a foundation issue in the past that had been addressed and there is a warranty on the work, but there did not appear to be any current issues.

Well today I noticed that my garage door is not sitting square on the track and in fact the exterior brickwork between my two garage doors is now leaning to the left. I think this happened in the last few days and may be due to all the recent rain. Anyone else having an issue? Any advice on first steps to getting this looked at? I have a home warranty - should I start there? Have an engineer look at it? Contact the firm that did the work and I have a warranty with?
Also, this stinks
As I understand this you have a warranty with a firm who did foundation repair work previously, and you have a separate home warranty. I would contact them both. If you are uncomfortable with the advice you get from them I would then contact an engineer to look at it and advise you.

If you have any site grading problems that make the rainwater flow to or pond around your foundation you should look into correcting those also.
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Old 05-03-2009, 08:21 PM
 
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Thanks for the info. I don't see anywhere that water would be pooling around my foundation - the grade seems to run down from the house. I think I'll start by calling the foundation company that did the work before to see what they say.
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