Removing any doubt we had left.
LOL

Up here we have expansion and contraction with the weather. 90's in the summer and -35 to -40 in the winters.
On Gumbo/clay

Basements leak often and concrete cracks. Walls crack too. I found I can catch it a bit with adjusting the teleposts but the houses usually need a good re working on the drywall every couple of years...which is not a bad thing...a tune up and repaint is always refreshing.

Scotty

 

If the floor is settling on the outside walls also, sounds like you have a floating floor - - one poured inside the walls and not tied into the foundation walls. That is the easiest to "live with" - - note I did not say "repair".

Couple ideas - - use shoe moldings on your baseboards. Use a spot glue technique in attaching them so they can be easily removed later and moved down and retouched up. The door jambs are the toughest to make look good. The tile floors - - ???? I have two cracks in my slab (5 years old) that I have just had to touch up the grout. If that is once every 5, I guess I can live with that. The main problem is settling is usually the drywall will start to crack at the ceiling on the inside walls. The inside partition walls will start dropping, but the trusses stay in place since they are sitting on the bearing walls which stay in place. If that starts happen, crown mouldings nailed into the trusses or glued to the ceiling are the answer. They will then stay tight to the ceiling and allow the wall to move down behind them. A little touch up paint once in a while takes care of the new wall area showing.

Have fun. So much for not compacting good compaction fill under our homes.

Bob

 

I suppose a little drywall work and paint are significantly cheaper than any peir/foundation work. Gives the wife something to do every few years
Thanks for the replies