Often when someone asks us which way do we lean, they are referring to our opinion on some current issue or perhaps which political party one prefers. Leaning implies movement in one particular direction. The most famous example would have to be the leaning tower of Pisa in Italy. That building still hasn't fallen...yet. Some day gravity will win out, as it eventually always does, and the tower will lean no more.
With inspecting homes when I find things that lean it is almost with out exception not a good thing. Some leaning can be serious, some not so bad. When the tilting involves structural components it's never good.
The post holding up the main structural beam in this house looks about ready to pop and fly. It very definitely leans to the left unless you look at it from the opposite side, then it leans right. Is this a political statement or simply bending to the inevitable force of gravity.
I believe a more moderate stance is required.
James Quarello
Connecticut Licensed Home Inspector
2010 - 2011 SNEC-ASHI President
NRSB #8SS0022
JRV Home Inspection Services, LLC
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