Refer for further review.
There is nothing to review…
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Okay guys I appreciate the advice. I’m just trying to stay on top of issues. It’s a little concerning so I wanted to be sure. After digging up will redo water control and live a peaceful life. I want to say thanks for replying I know each and every one of you looked out. Thanks!
No, it’s not.
Here’s an image of my house during a remodel in 2012.
There’s a hairline crack. Do you see what’s supporting it? Nothing. Guess what happened? Nothing. The engineer said, and I quote “It takes a lot more than that to collapse a house into a hole”.
Morning, Daniel.
Hope to find you well and in good spirits today.
I respectfully disagree with your assessment.
In this case, the step cracks in CMU foundtion walls, are the begining signs of soil or water issues and should be evaluated immediately to deture further foundtion damage. This damage will not stop.
Block foundations “are prone” to stair-step cracks. These types of cracks happen along mortar joints and pose a serious threat to the integrity of your basement foundation. There are two common causes of stair-step cracks:
- Foundation settlement or sinking in one area
- Moisture related problems outside your foundation
By a home inspector avoiding a recommendtion of a simple review, by a licensed professional foundtion specialest, would unneeded incur liablity.
If I recommended a structural engineer or foundation specialist every time I saw cracking in the block, I would be recommending it on 75% of my inspections.
I have only recommended such action a few times, and that is when I actually see the cracks growing larger at one end, or if it is coupled with diagonal cracks at the interior openings.
Blocks can crack from simple expansion/contraction as weather changes, especially if it is only on the grout lines.
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Welcome to the forum, Brandon.
I am old-school. Talk soft, Write hard.
A: Painted foundation. Vendors hide defects with paint.
B: Prior repairs.
*Note: You can not fix CMU mortar bed, head or but joint defects, step cracking, by tuch pointing.
The mortar bond is lost! The CMU bond is fortified by the weight loaded on top of CMU units. Tuchpointing only temporarially seals the cracked mortar.
C: Bulge. The bulge in the images along with the step cracking are various condition defects exposing themselves.
Talk soft on site. “Typically not a concern, unless you see them growing in size at one end” See them growthing??? Just add water. Lol.
Recommend a licensed foundtion repair contractor to further asses the foundtgion. Don’t box yourself in.
There was only one big block crack and it’s in photos above. It sticks out a little from foundation. I had it repointed. Other than that they were all hairline cracks with some bigger thicker and you can fit your finger in. Like you said lots were sealed and painted over.
I’m not worried after advice and I’m planning to regrade around house to slope water away and gutters are on the house. Which previous owners never put on house so I assume the water damage caused all the cracks that were sealed before. Or not.
I will monitor the biggest crack for any changes. Especially after I regrade yard and have solved all water issues.
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What is this plumbing pipe for? Smup discharge?
It’s for laundry water to flow out
Flow out to where?
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To a dry-well near the well pit…LOL!
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I’m not sure. Seeing as pipe heads to back of the yard I’m assuming it heads there
To a Septic system?
Dumping grey water is illegal in most if not all areas. Personally, I would be more concerned with that than hairline cracks.
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Septic heads that way I have no idea whats underground but I’m sure its alright.
Not for a sump?
In most states and provinces, washing machine water, Gray water, is prohibited from being dispersed outdoors in most cities. Typically it is dispersed into the sanitary line downstream.
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I have no idea. I might know soon when it’s dug around for grading. I would assume previous owner had it set up right. If not I’ll look into it.
We would miss a lot of inspections if that were the normal case…it is not.
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I would recommend determining/locating all your underground systems/lines before making any landscape drainage corrections.
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hired a professional im waiting on marks
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