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  • From: clhw AT InfoAve.Net (clhw)
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Solo building methods
  • Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:04:11 -0400

Thanks, GLoria!
We did re-level parts of the house and also used tape on some of the bigger
cracks.

>I've found that it helps to clean out the crack and then use tape in
>addition to mud. If the house continues to settle, though, I don't know of
>any fix that is permanent. Gravity seems to be the trump card, then! The
>cracks in my old house stopped once we repaired some joists that had gone
>bad (sistered them), as that stopped the settling.
>
>Gloria






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