chris temple
03-16-2012, 10:33 AM
Hi,
I just bought a house, and recently noticed some very very slight "bowing" of the baseboards of interior walls in the basement (basement is finished). Also, when you look at the undersides of the upper level stairs, they a couple look to also be bowing/slightly slanted left. Is it normal/acceptable for basements, walls, and stairs to not be perfect 90 degree angles and to have some slant and bow in them? A couple of the floors upstairs are slighly off too - it looks like there is small "hump" running lengthwise on one of the laminate floors, which I'm guessing is either a truss that is slightly off, or the laminate was put in shoddly. The foundation looks to be stable according to the inspector, there are a couple crack - but nothing super alarming. Bowing walls or warped walls, even a tiny amount, to me suggest to me that something is not supported properly and will inevitably get worse. Or, should I just chalk this up to "no floor or wall is perfect". Any thoughts? . Thank you!
I just bought a house, and recently noticed some very very slight "bowing" of the baseboards of interior walls in the basement (basement is finished). Also, when you look at the undersides of the upper level stairs, they a couple look to also be bowing/slightly slanted left. Is it normal/acceptable for basements, walls, and stairs to not be perfect 90 degree angles and to have some slant and bow in them? A couple of the floors upstairs are slighly off too - it looks like there is small "hump" running lengthwise on one of the laminate floors, which I'm guessing is either a truss that is slightly off, or the laminate was put in shoddly. The foundation looks to be stable according to the inspector, there are a couple crack - but nothing super alarming. Bowing walls or warped walls, even a tiny amount, to me suggest to me that something is not supported properly and will inevitably get worse. Or, should I just chalk this up to "no floor or wall is perfect". Any thoughts? . Thank you!