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Question DetailsAsked on 8/2/2013

Whom to call to help straighten leaning garage.....carpenter, contractor, garage door fitter, etc?

Double Garage is on concrete foundation with concrete floor. It has begun to lean about 10-15 degrees off plumb, so that garage doors will not close all the way, and will have to be replaced, but cannot be until garage is straight. This is a big worry to me, but I don't know whom to call, or if I will just have to do it myself with help from the internet. I would rather not have to trash the garage, as some have suggested, since it is otherwise quite sound.

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Unless it is falling apart from rot or some such, no reason to trash it.

As I suggested before, I would advise an architect or structural engineer look at it for you - about $200-350 probably.

For the fix, you want a carpenter experienced in house construction - a rough carpenter, not a finish carpenter. He can probably aqlso help with the garage doors - unless they are crushed, he can probably fix them up so they work again right.

Answered 8 months ago by LCD




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