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"One thing though, are there any cracks on the inside of the home around or near this effected corner ?, like cracks in drywall/plaster doors not closing well ?"
Yes to cracks, but doors and windows closing ok (for the moment). The basement cinder block walls are cracked from floor to ceiling and in many cases right thru the block (not just the joints). On the first floor there is some cracking at door corners and window frames in the plaster (no drywall/sheetrock in this house). But the cracks I speak of have been around for decades in some cases, and if newer, were exacerbated by the wall jacking during the waterproofing effort. What I am the most afraid of is this: There are two east-west oriented I-beams sitting on top of the foundation/cinder block walls that the first floor deck and (by default) the rest of the house sits on. A .75" gap has appeared beneath and between the east end of the southern most I-beam and the top of the basement wall (part of the "falling/broken chunk"). I don't know much about this stuff, and I don't even know if these beams are level; but I am sure if they go out of plane with each other you will be able to hear the cracking plaster on the first floor...
I'm thinking of wedging an axe head (without handle) in between these components as sort of a shim to keep the beam from falling and twisting the house. Don't know if this is a bad idea, don't know the ramifications. Also if that chunk somehow pushes back up into place with that shim there, it could have an opposite effect on the first floor deck with equally bad results. Please advise on the shim thing...
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