Wall leans 2.5cm

[zana kader]

Hi, I have an outer wall that leans 2.5 cm over 2.5 m, can I shim the wall after the plastic? Or is it foolish in some way?

 

[BirgitS]

It might be a good idea to investigate why the wall is leaning outward. Because if the leaning continues to increase, the ceiling at some point will not reach the outer wall, i.e., it will start to collapse. One reason could be that an inner wall that is either load-bearing or stabilizing has been removed.

 

[zana kader]

I have no load-bearing interior walls. Can investigate a bit more. But otherwise, it's just a matter of expanding.

 

[BirgitS]

Has any wall been removed since the house was built?

 

[tergo]

Is the outer wall leaning on the corresponding side as well?

 

[BirgitS]

does the outer wall on the corresponding side also tilt?

Which wall do you mean?
It is an outer wall that tilts.

 

[EddieHansson]

Walls can lean. Nothing strange. Check if the attachment to the sill and to the rafters/hammer beam is stable. If it hasn't moved, there's no danger.

 

[tergo]

Which wall do you mean?
It is an exterior wall that is slanted.

the exterior wall he sees if you stand with your back to the one in the picture
what I'm wondering is if the whole house is slanted 2.5 cm or if it's just one exterior wall that is slanted

 

[BirgitS]

the outer wall he sees when you stand with your back against it in the picture
what I'm wondering is if the whole house leans 2.5 cm or if it's just an outer wall that's leaning

Aha, opposite outer wall (not corresponding).

 

[EddieHansson]

the outer wall he sees if you stand with your back to it in the picture what I'm wondering is if the whole house is leaning 2.5 cm or if it's just an outer wall that's leaning

If there are no internal walls that are 90 degrees to the outer walls, the whole house can shift like a parallelogram. The gables don't help much in the middle of the house.

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Another variant is that the wall bulges outward. Whether this is possible depends on how the roof trusses are built. We had a version of that where the floor joists were on the sill but nailed from the outside into the end grain. Then the foundation piers moved and the wall leaned inward. We fixed it during renovation.

https://www.byggahus.se/bygga/fraga-experten/buktande-yttervaegg.339607/

 

[Jonte Karlsson]

I have no load-bearing interior walls. Can investigate a bit more. But otherwise, it's just about extending

A non-load-bearing interior wall can provide stability for a load-bearing exterior wall.

 

[hscn]

="Jonte Karlsson, post: 4770535, member: 480076"]A non-load-bearing interior wall can be stabilizing for a load-bearing exterior wall.[/QUOTE]

It depends on how old and crooked the house is.
I have an old log house where parts of two exterior walls on the upper floor lean about seven centimeters from floor to ceiling, with a ceiling height of 203 cm. The previous owner had aligned the interior with 2”x 4” studs, which made the room smaller in an already narrow house (380cm). The room thus has two opposing exterior walls. The window in the room was set after the facade, and the effect was that the window "fell outward" when opened. You got the feeling of a bridge on a larger ship when entering the room.
I have restored and stabilized the walls (no cracks in 10 years) and set the window plumb.
I can assure you it looked stranger when the walls were plumb. It looks very odd if you align individual spots when everything else is crooked.