FLOORS
Uneven or sloping floors. Check with a level or marble in a couple of rooms. Cracked tile at doorways and transitions.
THE ONLY CHECKLIST YOU NEED
Five things. Every house. Every time.
Uneven or sloping floors. Check with a level or marble in a couple of rooms. Cracked tile at doorways and transitions.
Doors and windows that stick, drag, or won't latch. Usually the first thing an owner notices, before anyone notices a crack.
Grade should slope away from the slab, about 6 inches over 10 feet. Watch for pooling water, soaker-hose runoff, or big trees close to the foundation.
Brick, mortar, siding, interior walls above doors and windows. A hairline crack is normal. Stair-step, V-shaped, or diagonal cracking over a quarter inch is not.
All four slab corners and the garage floor. Separation, dropping, or heaving. More than one room with doors or windows out of alignment is a bigger flag than just one.
One sign alone might be nothing. A few together, or a house 15+ years old with no repair history, is worth a second look. That is not a red flag, it is just time to get an actual answer.
Imperial Foundation Repair can give you that answer.