re: Moulding cracking, splitting, doors not aligned w/frame, and tile separating from thinset

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Did the tile talk the door frames and mouldings into revolting as well?

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this

Sounds like he really hopes his foundation is fine and is ignoring all evidence to the contrary.

If the problem was only tile I might buy bad adhesion, throw in moldings and doorways and this is a foundation issue 99 times out of 100.

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That is an expensive way to fix a problem that was likely just cheap/poorly mixed thinset. You are talking about an extra $2.50 or so per square for materials and a lot of extra labor.

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That is completely dependent on how long you plan on staying in your home. That system is good for life.

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slab isn't your foundation.

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The beams and slab are both parts of the foundation system

I’ve read the entire thread. I’m not a tile, foundation, trim/molding expert or do I have residential construction experience. In short my opinion is worthless. With that said, I have lived my entire life south of I-10 and have owned several houses. I have never experienced levels of humidity in SWLA or coastal south Texas for prolonged enough periods to damage molding or tile. Most molding is kiln dried and stable unless it’s extremely poor quality or composite. I don’t think humidity is the problem. As a matter of fact I just recently installed a whole house dehumidifier because the relative humidity in swla is normally above 80%. Poor quality installation of the tile is very likely, door frames and molding are much more likely to be foundation issues, even if OP knows better.