In article , cox says...

On 24 Feb 2007 19:39:49 -0800, "dreamchaser"
wrote:




and your index finger, watch for doors or windows sticking and live
life.

Thank you for your message, dreamchaser. I wish I had the courage of
so many people that go thru with these type of situations in life. I
hate to say that I am kinda weak when it comes to situations like
these. I have been worried sick ever since the full force of the
possiblities that could be happening hit me. I did not know of
foundation issues or drywall issues or tile over slab issues until I
start investingating why my walls were cracking. Then, the more I
read, the more it started bothering me. Then I started reading about
how the foundation has to be underpinned in the event of a foundation
problem. I honestly did not know of all these until this
investigation began about 3-4 months ago. This house is about ~7.5
years old and still under structural warranty by the builder. I have
read horror stories about how the builder will not honor his warranty.
I have heard about how they try to shift blame etc. All this has me
completely depressed with thoughts of killing myself. Its a horrible
thought but that is what emotions and depression make you feel. Please
don't mistake me for a depressed individual to begin with. But these
cracks in tiles and drywall along with the horror stories have me
thoroughly depressed and confused. My thoughts every minute are about
which crack is widening or which new cracks surface or what sound the
subfloor makes when I walk on them etc. I go to sleep thinking about
these and wake up thinking about these. I wish no one has to go thru
these experiences. That is my sad state of life with the situation as
it is.

Take things a step at a time.

People swap horror stories all the time - the worst of them get repeated more,
so you hear about the worst possibilities more. That does not depict real life.
Real life is a mix of such problems being everything from trivial and
inconsequential, to needing a little repair, to needing some moderate repair, to
more serious problems and remedies. MOST of reality is on the trivial to
moderate side of that spectrum.

You're lucky that you're still under warranty. Builders are not all crooks,
most of them are not crooks.

I went through a bit of a phreaky period after I noticed some imperfections in
my house. Then I thought about why I bought it, its location, how much I enjoy
the imperfectly built (before code was in force in my semi-rural area) addition.
And over the years went about some refurbishments and repairs. Almost all
making the house more fun to live in and/or more valuable compared to other
hosues in the area. And I stopped losing sleep over it.

The house isn't going to fall down. All houses have imperfections. Just take
this step by step, by consulting an engineer. Make an appointment Monday.
Knowledge of the real facts will give you assurance. Keep the warranty in mind
if you need to take that as the next step. But you may well find out that your
particular problems aren't because of any serious structural problem. Even if
there is, the remedies aren't necessarily hugely expensive and scary.

Banty