if not all, of their structural support. It’s ideal, though difficult, to raise the house and the slab together and build a new foundation underneath; the other option is to separate the two and build a new, elevated floor. From there, homeowners could extend the foundation walls up and...
There are common types of slab cracks, sometimes severe, that are not structural if the slab was improperly installed; if cracks extend up into the foundation wall it's more serious as that suggests that the supporting building structure is also moving. There are various repair methods for floo...
but can last the span of the lifetime of the slab. There are factors that will affect how long the repair lasts, including what the underlying problem that caused the sinking was in the first place. If the property is newer, or the slab sunk rapidly, there may be a larger problem...