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How to Straighten Up a Wall !!

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If you ever had to do some upgrades on your house, you certainly know how frustrating it can be when the area that you're trying to fix is not square with the rest of your house or out level  !! I've had to deal with some crooked doorways in the past or with uneven walls and floors and let me tell you that the only way not to feel overwhelmed is to stay calm and tackle one area at a time the rest will all fall into place  !! I've had to fix a garage 5 years ago that was sitting on cinder blocks foundations, but they had been disturbed a lot by the frost over the seasons !! My guess at that time was that  this garage should have been built on concrete foundations instead and they could also have dug at least a couple feet deeper in the round so the change in seasons wouldn't have such an effect on the base walls !! Bottom line was that the owner was not gonna rebuild a brand new garage and he just wanted to keep it as it was and give it a face lift !! he asked me