On Feb 16, 7:03*pm, marson wrote:
On Feb 16, 6:44 pm, wrote:





On Feb 16, 6:35 pm, Jack wrote:

On Feb 16, 5:40 pm, wrote:

I am planning to buy a house. Hill country, Austin TX. The house was
built in 1978, 3BR, 1800 sq feet, 2 stories. The soil is rather
"rocky" there. As I saw a couple of diagonal crack coming from the
windows I contracted a foundation inspector to check up the slab
underneath the house. He came over and took measurements (he used some
powered device with an antenna). The outcome of the measurements is in
the attached link. Do you think that 1.5" difference within 40 feet is
in tolerance ? He recommended that no foundation repair is needed. I
am a little concerned though so I seek a second opinion. Pls let me
know - thanks so much
Martin

http://www.newhouse.com-a.googlepage...Untitled-1.jpg

Not a foundation expert, but doesn't sound critical to me. My main
concern with a slab foundation is they are prone for termite invasion.
Crack usualy will open beneath a wall unseen and termites can enter
and do extensive damage before you realize they are around. For that
reason I would never be sucker enough to buy a slab house. I lived in
Florida for 40 years and in my subdivision every house with a slab
floor had a termite problem. Those with crawl spaced were spared. Good
luck.

95% houses in this region of Texas are on slab. the soil is just to
hard to dig. As far as termites..well decent termite treatment should
take care of the problem...

I'd guess the slab was just built that way. *1 1/2" out is not that
uncommon with slabs, unfortunately, especially in older homes.- Hide quoted text -

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well....the crack in the window is exactly in that corner of the house
where there is the highest movement ..1.5" ...I suspect slab moved a
little bit ..