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A: Looks to me like this is a simple fix. It would have been nice if you had sent me a photo of the inside wall and photo from the street just to see it a little better. However, all you should have to do to fix this is, get a sledge hammer and someone to hold a 3 or 4 foot piece of 2" x 6" flat against the inside wall of your garage at this pushed-in location and drive the wall towards the front street. Keep the 2" x 6" above the foundation and on the inside wall where it is pushed in. Hit the 2" x 6" one blow at a time with the sledge hammer and watch how it's moving to close the gap on the out side trim. Once the trim is back tight and gap is closed you should be fixed. Then get some paint and caulking, fill the cracks at the wood trim and repaint.

It does not appear that the interior studs are broken. It seems like the Van softly pushed the wall in. Don't be too hard on the driver, this type of stuff happens all the time. Had one questioner tell me his wife pulled into the attached garage and after she stopped where she wanted to be, her foot slipped off the brake and pushed the gas pedal, which landed her in the dining room.

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