Foundaton settling - time question

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Foundaton settling - time question

From: jean.hullihan@louisville.edu
Category: Foundations and Basements
Email: jean.hullihan@louisville.edu
Remote Name: 136.165.143.135
Date: 02 Apr 2007
Time: 10:48 AM

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My detached two car garage was built approx. 30 years ago. Concrete slab and cinder-block walls with a timber/shingle roof. A crack appeared in the floor and stairstepped up two intersecting walls recently. The foundation is sinking in that corner (one side of floor crack is raised). Would a building "settle" after 30 years?? What would make a 30 year old building settle now and what would make only a part of it settle? Could "moles" cause this if they were tunneling next to building? Thanks.

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