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   Guest_ | Aug 26, 2000 05:05pm | #1

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   Rich, anything can be fixed, but that's not your immediate problem and the longer you wait to address it the more difficult it will be to solve.

   Go hire an architect who specilizes in residential, have him or her give you an opinion on the severity of the pitch, square etc. If it serious and outside the normal allowable construction standards, it will be in their report.

   The architect will advise you as to what should be done.

   I can't see your house or your floor, so I can't really comment on it.

   If you have a specific, I can, as well as a lot of the guys, give advise on lifting, cutting, repairing etc. but not on fault assessment of something we can't see.

   Gabe

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   Guest_ | Aug 26, 2000 07:51pm | #2

   *Rich, Gabe's right on the money... get a qualified Engineering Report.It will help in court, may diagnose both cause and symptom, and will be well worth the money.If structurally deficient, the builder is on the hook to repair the defect.

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   Guest_ | Aug 28, 2000 09:14pm | #4

   *Hi Rich Guardia.Am I correct to understand that you have a concrete slab that has "pitches", meaning that the concrete finisher's eye might have been off a little?Or would I be correct to say that your concrete slab has cracked, so as to be either higher or lower than the original remaining slab?I am hoping that you dont need a soils engineer. I would try to avoid that by assuming that the builder got that done in planning stage. Maybe it didnt happen, I dont know. But I have the feeling it might be good to start lower on the totem pole. Try to find out what has been damaged and why it took place.I think that if someone were to build on a fault line, the building department would be aware of that. They would be familiar with the soils in the area. Might even have some maps.Hope this helps.alan joseph [email protected]

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   Rich_Guardia | Aug 28, 2000 09:14pm | #3

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   I have a new house (10 months old) that has a really bad pitch in the foyer. I also have a pitch in the kitchen. My refrigerator tilts to one side & tilts back at the same time! Both the foyer & kitchen are very obvious. People come over & they will say" does your floor pitch" I'm thinking about sueing the builder. I tried contacting him, but he's on the phone or is out of the office, etc. I know someone who sued a builder for a similiar thing. Their walls were out of square pretty bad. Can a pitched floor be fixed? My house is on a sub-floor.Thanks, Rich