D.C. Area Nesties
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Basement question
We had a big crack show up in our basement floor. We have a sump pump and there's no water in the crack that I can see. Our house is 25 years old and we bought it last year (it was a flip). I've talked to several people on the phone and I got a whole bunch of different answers. Some said it was nothing to worry about, some thought it was a big deal or a sign of a bigger problem. Any ideas? It's making me nervous that we have some larger drainage problem. TIA!
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Re: Basement question
without seeing it, it is impossible to tell what the problem is. It could be the house settling, it could be a tree root, it could be water. where in the floor is it -- anywhere near the pump? along the wall? or center of the floor?
I would spend the time to have a few contractors come out and check it, and not just waterproofing companies.
"What is a week-end?"
Foundations can settle and cause cracks, but if the home is 25 years old then the settling should have occured already. If the crack is new, and there is no evidence of a previous patch job, I'd have it checked out by a structural engineer just to be sure. All this crazy weather (mega snow, rains) we've had in the past couple of years could have shifted the soil.