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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.
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.
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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