Okay, thanks for the info.
We were thinking of erecting a form for the flowable fill away from the foundation and filling in between with something to keep soil pressure off the wall. We need about 25-28 pcf or less to make the wall work. Elastizell sounds interesting, does anyone know how the...
I'm looking for specifications, recommendations on reducing soil pressure against a poured foundation wall with inadequate reinforcing to support backfill to it's 10 ft height. What are the specifications(weight) for flowable fill and does it need to be poured as a seperate wall from the...
Good question, and I don't know to what extent it's reinforced, but will find out. Some vertical bars are visible in the honeycomb, I assume it's only vertical. I know it was tied to the footing this way.
Thanks
Thanks for the info.
The wall does in fact have a bulge (bow), but it's outside the house on the retaining wall, I wasn't too worried.
I believe there are standards for rebar sizes, placements and grouting on joining these walls (if we cut it out and repour), where would I find them? It seems...
We just poured a concrete basement (new construction).
10' walls, 10" wide, on a 24" footer (@8" deep).
During pouring a form collapsed, concrete was knocked out and the form was reset. Pour was continued.
Unfortunately the concrete sat in the pump during this reform time and began to...
