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    Default Finding cause of sagging floors

    I live in a timber house that sits on brick piers. One section of the house seems to be sagging as doors no longer shut and floor tiles are cracking. I purchased a long builders spirit level but I can't see anything obvious. There are bathroom and laundry tiles and carpet that may interfere with the reading. What's a better way to find what's causing this issue? It covers an area of 2-3 rooms.

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    Age of house?
    Soil type?
    Termite activity?
    Any permanently damp/wet ground around house?
    Distance from ground level under house to floor level?
    Is there a continuous brick perimeter wall around the house from ground to under floor framing?
    Any substantial ground works adjacent to your property?
    Time span from first noticing a problem until doors won't shut?
    If you can answer these questions then a plan of attack can be established.
    The person who never made a mistake never made anything

    Cheers
    Ray

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    Weirdly my reply to this disappeared. 30 yo simple country weatherboard on gentle sloping farmland, piers 0.5 to 1.2m, no brick walls, no water source/ponding nearby. Been an issue over 10 years but getting worse.

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    PM sent, await your call
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    Cheers
    Ray

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