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 Cinder blocks on top of Poured Concrete Wall
[#2] Posted: 02/27/2005 - 10:42:34 AM |  |  |
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If there is no immediate or apparent structural purpose, my guess is that the builder/foundation guy blew it on the site elevation. I've been on more than a couple jobs where someone simply didn't get the elevation right, & the builder had to "shim" it up w/some block.
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Cinder blocks on top of Poured Concrete Wall
[#3] Posted: 02/27/2005 - 7:20:48 PM | | |
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I have seen a couple of foundations where the concrete forms used didn't provide the needed headroom. Perhaps they were planning on a dropped ceiling. Instead of getting higher forms the builders had the walls raised with masonry. The block masonry is weaker and the different expansion rate causes cracks. If I had to do it I would have vertical reinforcing to connect the block to the concrete.
But it could be that the builder messed up the elevation.
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