<human>: A couple of weeks ago there was a drainage/sewerage project that started up in my neighborhood, (Louisiana near New Orleans) they installed a "lift station" about 50 yards from my house. On the first day of the job, my wife called me at work complaining about the "whole house shaking" because there was a (effing) huge pile driver doing what pile drivers do and I just told her to chill, there is no way they can damage our house from driving piles into a swamp.

The next morning I was in the house when they started driving... I can tell you from experience, even though we are in S.E. Louisiana that this would have measured a 2.5 on the Richter scale in southern California. I actually saw pictures on the wall and furniture in our house jiggle every time it hit. Unbelievable but I still didn't give it more than a "WOW" with no thought of permanent damage to the structure but...

   A few days later, we notice that the front door to the house, that would normally close and latch on it's own without being slammed now requires me to hold the doorknob and force the door closed. Also, the rear door has to be pushed with such force that it is causing the door frame to separate. I see cracks in the sheetrock that (I don't think) were there before.

  My question is: Should I even bother getting a professional to look at this with hopes of recovering damages or should I just get a sander and grind the door enough till it closes properly. How will this play out 10 years from now? (Yeah, that part is a construction question but....)

Could you distill the essence of the text into 1-3 sentences?
<bot>: Public works project caused minor(for now) structural damage to my house with a huge pile driver. Do I have any kind of recourse?