Well the person that I asked to brick up my door told me several things, but 2 of them were:

1) He would not brick up the lower door, because shrinking/contracting would still cause it to leak, and..
2) I need to spend about $2100 to have a basement wall braced, because it's leaning inward about 1/2 to 3/4 inch and cracking. When it gets to about 2 inch lean, that would require a $6000 excavation, wall pull-back and bracing. This wall started leaning about 4 years ago.

Well, there goes 2 grand. I'll have to wait until after the first of the year when the money becomes available. This house just loves to keep me broke.

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