Bowed walls don’t bode well. The average bowing basement wall repair cost is $4,500, though homeowners may spend between $350 and $10,000.

Cracks in a foundation wall could let termites into your home, or, if they get large enough, become a structural problem.

Realizing that you have a foundation crack in your home can be a costly problem and if you don’t tackle the issue head on you can be stuck with a bigger repair bill than initially planned. We spoke ...

Cracks on walls, floors, columns, and window and door openings Doors or windows that stick when you try to open or close them Bowing basement walls, where pressure from outside the walls has ...

Foundation problems are probably the biggest structural concern for any homeowner or potential buyer, so it’s no surprise that we tend to get a little panicky about seeing cracks in basement walls.

The walls and ceiling were cracked during the 1989 quake and poorly patched before we moved in. We had the roof redone this summer, and the banging and hammering seriously recracked the plaster.

Q: The walls in our 30-year-old house have developed cracks in a number of places where the pieces of Sheetrock butt. Also, in a couple of corners, one side of the tape has pulled. We want to ...