We inspected this home in Chandler, Arizona, and as you can see in the video, this home had a few issues that had to be reviewed. Our foundation inspectors are experts and can quickly identify the cause and cure for your home’s foundation damage. We know what to look for and will take the time to answer any of your questions and explain what options you have to repair and prevent further damage to your home’s foundation.
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At this home, it’s evident that this column is sinking because of the exterior roof. Rain water’s coming down, saturating that flat area and sinking this column because its weight is the same as this other column on the roof. There’s a lump directly at the corner of the exterior wall of the home which is more stable than the exterior that is going down causing the lump there and a slight lump up there on the roof as well. Because the home is more stable than the columns holding the roof up, this stem wall over here has a vertical fracture and is spalling.
That’s the definition of spalling when the degragated surface of the concrete is vertical or horizontal, caused by efflorescence being trapped behind the waterproofing or paint. The amount of water that lands here on the stem walls is only painted down the top of the dirt grade.
Atmospheric conditions start warming up, pulling the moisture between the paint and the stem wall, leaving efflorescence chewing into the side of the concrete slab vertically or horizontally. Also, another fracture of this stem wall had to break again over here, and we have stair stepping in the block. Also, it had to fracture again in this location. There’s also stair-stepping. This is all caused by the amount of water coming off the roof. The drain doesn’t protrude out four feet and is pretty flat. It is saturating the soil, causing the stem wall to articulate and causing an interior floor slab fracture right on the inside here in this room, going from that fracture to this fracture.
There’s also stair-stepping here and a very large separation there, so this slab, this stem wall, had to fracture there, and this is going down, separating itself from the main wall.The front yard next to the stem wall will have to be landscaped. This exterior stair stepping on the wall is caused by moisture over here on this side there’s multiple fractures on the stem. This is caused by the moisture coming off the roof, and the landscaping isn’t as such to flow the water away from the stem wall.
A slab fracture in this room, approximately at the edge of the window over to the other side, will also need to be landscaped. Rainwater coming off the roof and landing on the slab is coming around and saturating this whole area, causing this wall to sink slightly. Landscaping is a must.
