Why do I have water in my house? Why do I have water in my crawl space?

No one can tell you for sure, but first check your downspout off your house. Go to the hardware store and buy a 4" coil of solid black pipe (Normal cost is around $20). Put it on the downspout and run it away from house. Check your basement crawlspace see if you still get water during a rain. Also go outside in the rain see if your eve spout on the top of your house is overflowing. This doesn't cost much and can save you thousands of dollars.

			I have step cracks in my bricks on my house. What can I do?

Check to see if the brick was laid after the house was built. Sometimes years after a house is built, people pour a new footer and lay bricks. So that means that this is not caused by a broken footer on your house - just patch cracks - or replace brick - no structural damage.

Now, if the brick was laid on the house footer on top of your block then good chance you have broken footers inside. You will see step cracks in block or concrete walls - this should be taken care of. When you have cracks in dry walls windows, doors won't open or close. It could even pull your roof apart - rough even for a professional roofer to fix.

No matter what kind of crack this is a warning you have structural damage.

			What causes my concrete floor to drop especially in the corners?

1. It could be broken footers - reason, most times the floor is poured on top footers they break and the floor falls. Sometimes this makes the floor separate and lift up toward middle of the room.
2. Sewer lines break under floors and water lines break under floors.

   If you believe you have water from a water line break take some of this water in a clean bottle to water department they will check it for you most times no charge - that will tell you if it is surface water or city water.

			Why do I have crack in my basement or garage wall? I am talking about a straight across crack - my wall seems to be bowing in.

Several reasons:

1. When house was built and they were back filling they pushed a little too hard. The wall was not set up good. In other words the concrete block or concrete wall was not cured. They back filled too soon.
2. Pressure from clay - red or gray - it expands when it gets wet.
3. A lot of water in your yard from eve spouts, gets even regular soil so wet it pushes out.
4. Sometimes people have trees or shrubs with long roots
5. Don't let anybody tell you it's supposed to be there. If it's cracked, it's broken! It needs to be fixed!