How Hydrostatic Pressure Can Cause Basement Floor Heaving: Revision history

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15 February 2026

  • curprev 01:1901:19, 15 February 2026Beleifvyqt talk contribs 16,056 bytes +16,056 Created page with "<html><p> A basement floor that lifts in places is one of those problems that looks irrational until you understand the forces at work. Concrete does not spontaneously expand; the ground beneath it moves. The most common driver of that movement is hydrostatic pressure, the force exerted by water in soil when it cannot escape. That unseen force can push up on slab edges, heave entire rooms, and open cracks along the foundation wall, and the longer it goes unchecked the mo..."