Crooked Rooflines, Walls and Floors
When looking at a home, check for straight ceilings, walls, floors and rooflines. Any sagging or bowing could indicate an issue with structural elements. Check the roof or ridgeline before entering the home.
“If the ridgeline isn’t perfect, that’s a sign the foundation may have shifted and has translated through all parts of the home,” says James Angell, a licensed home inspector with Angell Home Inspections. “It’s very costly to fix.”
Crooked rooflines can also, but not always, be associated with other uneven structural elements like walls, ceilings and floors. Walls should be plumb without large cracks, bowing or leaning. Ceilings and floors should also be straight and flat. And beware of excessively uneven surfaces.
“In an old house they’ll be some deviation of the floor, but if they slope severely to one corner something could be wrong with the foundation,” says John Rodkey of JMR Inspections.
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