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Originally Posted by BobO
Was there any monitoring of the building for movement during this time period?
As defined by the warranty, 1" in a 20' span is the trigger point for a claim. If you have that much movement it will be blatantly obvious. Buildings tear themselves to pieces at less than half that.
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1 inch in 20 feet is not that much movement; the way houses are built (flexible, assuming this is a traditional wood frame house), I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't other tell-tale signs of movement.
Your first point about monitoring is a very good one; when we do foundation repairs (I don't work on residential though, usually on large commercial structures), we always recommend monitoring for movement for a period of time, typically a year. Otherwise, you can run into situations like this.