Went and took a look at a property today that is listed as having a concrete slab foundation.
The home shows all the signs of foundation issues on the exterior, and interior.
Upon closer inspection, we were able to remove a loose brick at the very bottom near the "foundation".......we were able to see that the house is built on wood beams, supported by cinder blocks.
The outer edge (about 6 inches in width) of the "foundation" is concrete, as if they poured concrete just to support the perimeter of the home.
Question.......how would this issue be fixed with sagging beams underneath the property? There's not much room underneath, and the only thing I could see is someone would have to address the beams from inside the house (removing the flooring). Anyone else dealt with this before?
We have dealt with these issues on properties in the Jackson, MS area and learned more than we wanted to know :)
It sounds like yuo will need to get a company that deals with foundation issues. These are usually companies that do just that type of repair (RamJack and others). There are a few ways that they can repair the settling issues. First is that the company will cut holes in the interior floors at specific locations so they can get under the house and install piers to support the house. The other is to actually dig trenches from the outside so that the workers can get under the house and install the pier supports. Another option is to install supports on the outside wall where supports are driven down until they hit soil / rock that will provide the needed support.
What we found is that the repairs are possible but they are costly . . . one property we looked at called for $35K in repairs making the deal a non-starter.
For houses on concrete slabs, there are similar repairs but the key is to get someone that knows the issues and solutions. We bought one that we had an engineer evaluate the property and provide recommended solutions - best $500 we spent.
Feel free to reach out to me for any other questions