Gaps Between the Wall and Floor: What They Mean
When a baseboard pulls away from the floor, or a gap opens where the wall meets the ceiling, the framing is following a slab that has dropped. It’s a clear settlement signal.
Why the gap forms
As a slab corner settles, it carries the wall framing down with it, separating finishes that were once tight. The gap usually widens toward the most-settled corner — a job for settlement repair.
Read the direction
Gaps at the floor often mean that corner is dropping; gaps at the ceiling can mean the center is heaving. Both are measured precisely in a free elevation survey.
The fix
Steel piers beneath the settled corner lift it back and close the gap as the structure returns toward level — routine work across Converse and Schertz.
- Baseboard and ceiling gaps track a moving slab.
- Gap direction hints at settle vs. heave.
- Lifting the corner closes the gap.
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