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  1. Anton Polyakov

    Foundation underpinning with overpour - concrete not flowing far enough under the footing

    hey EireChch, so the overpour simply doesn't work or am I doing it wrong? I thought it's the latter hence trying to figure out what I am doing wrong Some people say it might be the air trapped
  2. Anton Polyakov

    Foundation underpinning with overpour - concrete not flowing far enough under the footing

    Any good suggestions for superplastizer? I've been trying this one https://fritzpak.com/products/water-reducers-superplasticizers/supercizer-7-superplasticizer-admixture/ however honestly didn't notice too much difference in terms of fluidity in the field Do I need to force pack the concrete...
  3. Anton Polyakov

    Foundation underpinning with overpour - concrete not flowing far enough under the footing

    Good day experts I am doing a foundation underpinning at my house with overpour method. The issue I am facing is that overpoured concrete only goes half way under the 16 inches wide footing leaving a 1.5-2 inch gap at the rear part between new slab and the footing. I use proper vibrator and...
  4. Anton Polyakov

    Reinforcing concrete retaining wall

    Hello folks I spoke to an engineer actually and in general he thought building this new wall is not a bad idea. Let's be clear here - I know I might not need it and existing wall does not yet show any signs of failure, but I still want to have it 110% certain that nothing will move. And as I am...
  5. Anton Polyakov

    Reinforcing concrete retaining wall

    Hello folks. I am not a structural engineer hence seeking an advice from experienced folks out there. I have an L-shaped concrete retaining wall comprised of two cold joined pieces with large footing. I would like to attach a new perpendicular wall to it which will serve two goals: 1. joining...

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