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Hi all, looking for some quick advice.
I have an end-unit townhome in MD and recently noticed a few hairline cracks in the foundation. They look like they follow the outline of the underlying cinderblock walls, but are on the outside where the cinderblock was covered with a coat of whatever white stuff makes it look like it's not blocks.
Anyway, when i inspected further i found a slightly bigger crack that i could slide a really small nail into. This was a little lower where i could see not the 'white stuff', but the black waterproofing was there. Theres' been a lot of settling so i have several inches that are covered in that instead of the white stuff.
Thinking the crack was small, i dug down to find bottom of it, and after digging for about a foot I'm noticing it hasn't ended yet, and is going pretty much straight down, not around blocks (least not yet). It's about one block in from the corner in case that matters.
Wondering what my next step should be...besides freaking out, which I am doing. Any advice? I"m wondering who I should call, if i should just dig further and see if it ends and it's something a novice could handle, etc. I'm not getting water in basement, although maybe that's because i had a company put a french drain in about 8-10 years ago when i did...
I have an end-unit townhome in MD and recently noticed a few hairline cracks in the foundation. They look like they follow the outline of the underlying cinderblock walls, but are on the outside where the cinderblock was covered with a coat of whatever white stuff makes it look like it's not blocks.
Anyway, when i inspected further i found a slightly bigger crack that i could slide a really small nail into. This was a little lower where i could see not the 'white stuff', but the black waterproofing was there. Theres' been a lot of settling so i have several inches that are covered in that instead of the white stuff.
Thinking the crack was small, i dug down to find bottom of it, and after digging for about a foot I'm noticing it hasn't ended yet, and is going pretty much straight down, not around blocks (least not yet). It's about one block in from the corner in case that matters.
Wondering what my next step should be...besides freaking out, which I am doing. Any advice? I"m wondering who I should call, if i should just dig further and see if it ends and it's something a novice could handle, etc. I'm not getting water in basement, although maybe that's because i had a company put a french drain in about 8-10 years ago when i did...