Followup to PEinc
Thank you for sharing your alternative method of "waiting and watching". I see no reason why this method couldn't be used. As well, the new concrete floor could be poured with an expansion joint along the wall in question. If need be, "down the road" the concrete could be...
The existing house is 20' deep.(10" CMU W/brick veneer-- 2 stories over garage/basement) The addition is 37' deep x 20' wide constructed with an 8"x16" min. reinforced concrete footing with standard 8" CMU wall W/frame above (single story).
The front wall of the addition extends 4 feet in...
I was always under the assumtion "IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT". I again want to clarify that the subsurface clay beneath the "footerless" foundation has not allowed a single crack on the brickwork or foundation walls or of the plaster interior walls in over fifty years that the house has...
Wow,
This looks like a lot more than I planned for on this project... To be sure, I must further explain the conditions before proceeding with your recommendations.
The existing house wall (without any footing) will in effect become the interior wall of a new garage---(the bottom block of this...
I am in the process of adding an addition along side of a 1950 vintage 2 story brick house. Upon excavating down to the footing, it was discovered that THERE WAS NO FOOTING! The concrete blocks were set upon a bed of mortar sitting directly upon a clay subsoil base. (Western PA area) My first...
