Help. I have a series of questions related to a one-and-a-half story (70 year old) brick cape with a significantly leaning wall. The second floor joists run parallel to the wall, and there are no collar ties, so there is little if anything holding the walls together. A steep roof is pushing the top of one wall way out of plumb.
1. We had a house inspector who noticed a big dip in the second floor right above the wall problem, but he did not identify the issue which is hugely evident when you hold a level to the inside wall or simply sight along the outside wall. Is there anything we can pursue in terms of this? What is our first step? Hire the dreaded lawyer? We have heard most house inspections are a big waste of money, and we have little hope in this regard.
2. Any resources I can consult for dealing with this? I am not sure I can get this back to plumb, but I very mcuh want to prevent any further movement.
3. Any sources for those nifty looking curled (curved?) metal ends that one often sees on brick houses. You know, the ones that are presumably connected to a steel rod that somehow bisects the house and is acting to prevent any further movement.