Q:In an earlier column you offered some solutions for sloping floors on an old home with a foundation ("Old home's sloping floors aren't easily fixed," Dec. 28), but we are unsure what to do with the ...

Q: I am a real estate agent involved in the sale of a two-story house that has sloping floors and ceilings on both the ground and upper levels. There's a full basement with low ceilings (less than 6 ...

Most foundation repair jobs cost between $5,000 to $10,000 in the United States. One of the most common signs of foundation problems is sloping floors. Not all sloping floors are a sign that ...

Our frame house is more than 130 years old. Naturally the floors slope a bit (in some cases, more than a bit). We have some pieces of furniture — a sideboard, a few big chairs, a table — that we want ...

We are negotiating to buy a 100 year old detached wood frame in which the floors sag toward the center of the house. While the slope doesn’t bother me aesthetically, when I’m in the house for about 15 ...

Peter Hotton isn’t writing today. Instead we’ll publish one of his Globe Handyman columns from 2001. Q. Some of the floors slope in my condo on the third floor of a triple-decker. The slopes go from ...

When something around your home looks or feels a little bit off, it could be nothing to worry about at all, and something simple like the house “settling” or “breathing.” But, on the other hand, it ...

During these hot days of summer, this writer is once again braving the world of remodeling dust and disruption. This new adventure involves an Arts and Crafts style house that hails from 1906. The ...

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OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- Residents of a seven-story apartment building in Oak Park have just hours to evacuate their homes Wednesday after a building inspection found sloping floors, sparking ...