Dear Ken: The concrete floor is heaving in my basement. Should I pull back the carpet and grind off the high spots? Any other fixes? - Steve Answer: This is fairly normal. Concrete floors set ...

Q: My house is 15 years old. The basement floor is concrete surrounded with concrete block. Lately, I found the floor has some crack lines in it. Would you please tell me what caused the cracks ...

Q. This week: I own a 1963 bi-level home. A few years after the home was built I noticed a hairline crack in the basement floor. The crack has since expanded to 1/4 inch wide, and it is also 1/4 ...

Frost heaving ... your home’s basement foundation. This natural process, caused by the freezing and expansion of water in the soil, can cause upward movement and shift and crack the very ...

And beyond, beneath the basement's slab floor? Shelton guessed water and ... has built up pressure on that slab, which then can heave or crack in the middle." Calvo, like Cook, cautions against ...

When pyrite is present in certain types of landfill used under concrete slabs and certain chemical conditions are also present, the basement or garage floor may heave and crack. Pebbles that are ...

A couple have described the moment their house cracked in half because of a botched basement extension as ... lived in the ground floor flat. Heavy rain widened cracks in the brickwork, causing ...