Ah, thanks Mike. I never picked up the subtlety of general ideas, versus specifics - and wasn't dialed into the liability issue at all. Nonetheless, still a good forum. -Steve
thanks Mike and Zteng...
But I am not an engineer, just a stone mason. So the loads I am happy to calculate if I knew the algorithms to use.
Soil is basically 7ft high on the exterior side.
I plan to excavate along the perimeter (2 ft wide) down to the footing. Install drain tile, and...
This is a residential building, wood framed on a CMU foundation that is below grade. It has already been determined that cracking in areas of the CMU is due to the foundation wall being inadequate to hold lateral soil pressure from the outside. We plan to solve it use bracing of the type as...
