Hello,
I live in a house in Texas that is 15 years old. I bought the house new. In 2001 I had a foundation company come out because I felt one of the rooms on the 2nd floor was sloping. There test concluded that the foundation was fine and it was just normal settlement of the foundation. I the past 2 years I have noticed part of one room and the other room that I was orginally concerned about were sloping. I called out the same company to reevaluate. They had a copy of the orginally measurements to compare. There was only one room on the first floor that had risen but not enough for any concern. There is not a crack on any of the walls inside and just a slight crack in the foundation on the outside which the foundation company said was quite common in Texas. He said he would not think about doing any foundation repair on my house and recommended first to have a plumber come out and do a leak test of my house to make sure its not water causing any issues below. I had that test done and there are not leaks. The next recommendation was to have a structural engineer out to look at my house. I have not done that yet. I still feel even though the plumber did not find a plumbing leak that I may have water under my foundation. The side that is leaning has had problems with standing water which was fixed about 1 1/2 ago with a french drain. We did get alot of rain this past summer. I was hoping to get some others advice on what to do next. I don't want to just keep spending money just to hear they don't know the problem. Please advise..thanks in advanced. Ken

The first question that must be asked is: which way is the floor sloping? And then: what about the first floor? I can't envision a foundation issue that would cause sloping of the second floor without affecting the first floor. Is your house in an area where there are expansive clay soils?

The room that was originally sloping is over the garage and its sloping towards the corner of the house. The second room that has partial sloping is in corner of the room pointing towards the same corner of the house. The foundation guy noted to only real difference in the measurement from 2001 and now was in the master bath which is located on the first floor. it is located not quite below the rooms but since it is raised higher than the other rooms on the first floor it could be the cause of the pitch on the rooms on the second floor. Texas has some of the worse clay expansion in the country. I haven't noticed any other house in the neighborhood having any foundation repairs though. thanks

Normal settlment? That means no settlement.
If the walls have been sinking the foundation is not installed correctly. Expansive clay soil or not. The builder should have dug that out regardless of how deep they had to go. You cannot put a foundation on clay as it will always move.
Dont compare your home with others in the area. Each house is built from diffrent foundations.
There should be no cracks in the foundation walls at all.
Get a structural engineer in there to asses the movement. Not some company that has a reason to sell you something.