Q: Our home is on a hillside and was built with a walkout basement. The walls are concrete blocks on all sides except the wall on the low side of the hill. That wall is 2-by-4 wood studs. I have never ...

Spotting a crack on your wall ranks high in the category of “signs that could indicate your house is in danger.” But it turns out that wall cracks are pretty common in homes, explains Mike Powell, a ...