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[#2] Posted: 05/21/2012 - 8:24:05 PM |  |  |
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It looks like they've reinforced a concrete block wall by bolting through to plates or beams on the inside, and adding some vertical steel, maybe.
Actually those bolts are for wrist straps so the whole family can hang out down there. 
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[#3] Posted: 05/21/2012 - 9:25:33 PM | | |
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What is the material below the cleats? There seems to be a pattern... short, long, short...??
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[#4] Posted: 05/21/2012 - 9:57:53 PM | | |
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It's from cutting into the cores of the blocks, then repairs were made with rods and grout. It's typically for displacement at horizontal cracks. I have no idea what the bolted plates are for.
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[#5] Posted: 05/21/2012 - 10:17:34 PM | | |
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Quote: Originally posted by BainThis house was behind one I checked out this afternoon. The slab has undergone some sort of structural reinforcement, .... Click to View
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OK, I'm a little confused. What slab? Is that not a crawl space? But then, where are the vents? Youse guys build funny!
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[#6] Posted: 05/22/2012 - 08:09:04 AM | | |
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Quote: Originally posted by Richard MooreQuote: Originally posted by BainThis house was behind one I checked out this afternoon. The slab has undergone some sort of structural reinforcement, .... Click to View
51.2?KBOK, I'm a little confused. What slab? Is that not a crawl space? But then, where are the vents? Youse guys build funny!
Without question, it's a slab. This is Kentucky. We do lots of things funny.
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[#7] Posted: 05/22/2012 - 6:57:58 PM | | |
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It's the hills that make us do it. Can't find flat ground to build on!
How about a ranch on a basement on a crawl space that's tall enough to walk in at the back half. Yup, both pictures of the same house.
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[#9] Posted: 06/16/2012 - 2:32:08 PM | | |
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It 's odd to me that it's only in that corner. I would love to see what that's all about. To reinforce the core of a CMU from halfway up is pointless. My curiosity would have almost made me knock on the door and ask the homeowner what happened.
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[#10] Posted: 09/07/2012 - 8:09:41 PM | | |
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I have Inspected many Masonry bldg's and Reinforced Concrete from the ground up.. I would have to take a look in the basement to see what is going on.. Never know if its just For some Steel Joist under the Floor for support and they are welded to it.. But we cant see inside.. Defiantly not Piers.. Or they have some Sort of Sex shop in the basement which needs some reinforcement.. lol who really knows..
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It looks like reinforcements on a concrete block wall by bolting through to plates inside...
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