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Originally Posted By: jane molina
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Hi


I read somewhere that in a crawl space reaised foundation, if you see cracks


that don’t line up it could be serious. what exactly do they mean lined up. are they refering to say example a 5" vertical crack ,concrete the top of the crack don’t line up with the bottom meaning one straight line up and down . does anyone


know what I am getting at.


Jane

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Originally Posted By: roconnor
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I think they mean that there is vertical or horizontal movement when comparing one side of the crack to the other. That goes for any foundation cracking, and it’s usually not a good thing … even for narrow cracks.

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