Solid Pour Foundation

The vacation home I purchased in Aug. of last year has 2 cracks (not
huge in width- but they go through the wall all the way and run almost
the entire length) in a vertical foundation wall. They happen to be the
wall that faces the upslope of the hill I live on.

There are also some cracks in the garage floor area. I was told I might
get 'those'. But I don't believe there should be cracks in a solid pour
foundation wall this (very) early on. Should there be? Also what causes
this to happen in new construction.?

And I guess If there shouldn't be any cracks , what could the builder do
that would remedy the situation to the point of making me whole again.
Also, the home comes with a 10 year warranty, so anything MAJOR after
Aug. is covered.

But (for now) I'm still under him for claims.

TIA
CP

Keep in mind, there is re-bar in the pour so you will not have a

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catastrophic failure. I have two cracks in mine. They have not moved in 25
years.

epoxy some pieces of window glass on either side of crack, if it moves
the glass will crack

The cracks should be filled with injected epoxy, not just coated with
new cement.

Someone mentioned expanding epoxy to me recently. I didn't ask for a brand
name or type. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

They drill holes into the concrete, perpendicular to the crack. Next them
hammer in plastic feeder tubes into the holes. In the exposed end of the
tube they screw in a fitting similar to what you'd find on a ball joint.
Finally they mix the epoxy and pump in through the fitting into the tube
until is starts coming out of the crack. The epoxy also expands as it sets -
at least it did with our foundation.

The only warranty you get with concrete is that it WILL crack. I am the
owner of a new solid pour foundation also, and it has more than 2 cracks in
it. I'm not worrying about the cracks in my foundation. Just keep an eye
on them, measure, take pictures and see if they get bigger. Things will
tend to settle and shift a bit that may cause some minor cracking. I would
not worry about it unless the cracks open up and get big.