What homeowners notice
- furniture leaning
- visible slope across rooms
- baseboard gaps
Symptom
Sloping floors
A floor that slopes across a room may involve joists, beams, piers, settlement, or old framing that has moved over time.
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Sloping floors
A floor that slopes across a room may involve joists, beams, piers, settlement, or old framing that has moved over time.
- furniture leaning
- visible slope across rooms
- baseboard gaps
Possible causes
- settled crawl space piers
- weakened beams or joists
- foundation movement
When to take it seriously
Note whether the symptom is new, widening, back after repair, paired with water, or showing up in more than one part of the home.
One cosmetic issue may not need structural repair. Several symptoms together should be checked.
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