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Foundation Walls Cracked |
05/11/2008 05:59 PM |
lampskin |
My house doesn't have a basement. I only have a crawlspace.
There was extensive parging(3 or so layers) over my foundation walls.
The parging is peeling off now, and there are some cracks in the foundation itself.
How would i go about fixing these? Just with water mix concrete fill and a trowel? Do I drill holes across the cracks in inject polymer or a brace or somthing? |
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foundation |
05/11/2008 06:01 PM |
lampskin |
oops!! i posted the wrong image. I just uploaded a bunch of images, and i can't seem to edit my post like I can on other forums.
Anyways, sorry, here's the pic of the foundataion. If anyone is wondering, the other picture is of my ceiling when i was running the wiring for my bathroom fan. |
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foundation 2 |
05/11/2008 06:02 PM |
lampskin |
parging peeling, foundation cracked... |
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foundation 3 |
05/11/2008 06:03 PM |
lampskin |
more horrible cracks |
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foundation 4 |
05/11/2008 06:05 PM |
lampskin |
cracks again |
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foundation 5 |
05/11/2008 06:06 PM |
lampskin |
mess |
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foundation 6 |
05/11/2008 06:06 PM |
lampskin |
double parging layers |
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It's lonely in here... |
05/20/2008 09:32 PM |
lampskin |
I guess foundations aren't all that interesting to people, given the number of replies...
Oh well.
I started fixing it, with some advice from the building people at Home Depot.
A bag of sand mix concrete, some hydraulic cement, a trowel, concrete mixer, hammer, and chisel...
oh yeah...and a bucket and water... |
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tools |
05/20/2008 09:33 PM |
lampskin |
and a power drill |
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working... |
05/20/2008 09:35 PM |
lampskin |
cleaned out the cracks with a hammer and chisel.
As i was making the cracks wider, a big huge chunk of concrete fell off the foundation.
I tapped around in various spots, got hollow noises, and so I cleaned off ALL the old concrete.
It's a 100 yr old house, so i must have found about 3 or 4 layers of concrete, and under that was the real foundation, which looked like this: |
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