Q:In an earlier column you offered some solutions for sloping floors on an old home with a foundation ("Old home's sloping floors aren't easily fixed," Dec. 28), but we are unsure what to do with the ...

Most foundation repair jobs cost between $5,000 to $10,000 in the United States. One of the most common signs of foundation problems is sloping floors. Not all sloping floors are a sign that ...

Peter Hotton isn’t writing today. Instead we’ll publish one of his Globe Handyman columns from 2001. Q. Some of the floors slope in my condo on the third floor of a triple-decker. The slopes go from ...

Q: I am a real estate agent involved in the sale of a two-story house that has sloping floors and ceilings on both the ground and upper levels. There's a full basement with low ceilings (less than 6 ...

I am in contract on a high floor of one of the new high-rise Brooklyn towers. I went to look at it recently, and noticed that the floor was slanted. That is, the height of the floor seems to change by ...

Q: Some of the floors slope in my condo on the third floor of a triple-decker. The slopes go from the sides of the house to the middle. I don't mind the slopes, but recently they have gotten a bit ...

During these hot days of summer, this writer is once again braving the world of remodeling dust and disruption. This new adventure involves an Arts and Crafts style house that hails from 1906. The ...

We are negotiating to buy a 100 year old detached wood frame in which the floors sag toward the center of the house. While the slope doesn’t bother me aesthetically, when I’m in the house for about 15 ...

Floor fixes in older houses often look great for a year or two, then crack, cup, or sag right back out of level. The problem is rarely the patch itself. It is that you are asking a century old ...

Peter Hotton isn’t writing today. Instead we’ll publish one of his Globe Handyman columns from 2001. Q. Some of the floors slope in my condo on the third floor of a triple-decker. The slopes go from ...