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How serious are these foundation issues (photos included)
I'd love to get thoughts on how serious people think the below foundation issues are. I imagine this would be a fairly expensive problem for a contractor to fix. I am getting a contractor in to look tomorrow, but always appreciate thoughts from the BP community.
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I am not an expert in this matter but I have had a foundation issue on a property I purchased.
Looks like you may need to address the foundation's footings. I had to get new footings poured as well.
As for the sill plate, I had a few of mine replaced also, I don't think this was that big of a deal for the contractor to do. The old sill plates were rotting away.
As for your floor joists, I don't have any experience there.
I hired a structural engineer to examine and design a repair. Cost about $850 for the engineer report, it was very helpful. They make a blueprint of your basement and design a repair plan for your contractor to follow.
Cost about $11,000 for the repair.
Before:
Here is the repair process: