Walls – Wall between House and garage is hanging over the concrete slab. Is this a major issue

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We bought our house about six months ago, and we are first time home buyers, so please forgive my ignorance. This weekend I noticed that the bottom of the wall in the garage was about 1-2 inches over the concrete slab underneath. Is this a major concern? What could this be? I have a structural engineer coming, but he cannot make it until Friday. I'm just wondering what we might be in for.

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Best Answer

It is only an issue if it is load bearing. If it is load bearing then you cannot have part of your footing floating (in the first picture it definitely looks like the bottom plate is outside of concrete). Period. Is it a thing that has to get fix right away? No. Engineer will give you advice on fix. It is just a wall though and shouldn't be too costly.

If it isn't load bearing it is still horrible workmanship. I would like to see what engineer says - since we are only looking at 2 small pics - but I would say that at the very least you run a 2x6(ish) from ground to bottom plate and anchor 2x6 into concrete.