Foundation Systems Forum

521 topics in this forum

1. Crawl Space Creeper - Under House Creeper

   By crawlspacecreeper, February 16, 2023
   • 7 replies
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   • crawlspacecreeper
   • August 23, 2025

2. Squirrel ate through some of ground wires.

   By Jim Baird, April 26, 2025
   • 3 replies
   • 2.2k views
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   • Bill Kibbel
   • May 2, 2025

3. First time homebuyer foundation questions

   By KPolwort, April 8, 2025
   • 4 replies
   • 2k views
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   • Jim Baird
   • April 26, 2025

4. Pier Beam Offset

   By FirsTimeBuyer, January 23, 2023
   • 5 replies
   • 1.7k views
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   • CNewhouse
   • February 5, 2025

5. Get ahead of the Problem!

   By VegasFoundation, June 17, 2024
   • 2 replies
   • 2.5k views
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   • Bill Kibbel
   • June 18, 2024

6. Ethical Foundation Repair Question

   By Sonia, April 18, 2023
   • 8 replies
   • 2.9k views
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   • hausdok
   • December 22, 2023

7. setback problem - solved

   By John Dirks Jr, March 21, 2023
   • 13 replies
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   • John Kogel
   • May 18, 2023

8. Death in a crawl space

   By John Ghent, April 28, 2023
   • 5 replies
   • 1.3k views
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   • John Ghent
   • May 1, 2023

9. Support Beam splitting

   By Alberto Diaz, November 14, 2022
   • 3 replies
   • 1.4k views
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   • Jim Katen
   • November 15, 2022

10. Newly Changed Shims Good or Bad?

    By EmperorSunLao, September 19, 2022
    • 7 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • Rob Amaral
    • October 2, 2022

11. Basement foundation water proofing repair.

    By Brandon Whitmore, August 28, 2007
    • 9 replies
    • 4.6k views
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    • Les
    • June 27, 2022

12. 1900's Stone Foundation Wet basement

    By theamazingjacksons, February 22, 2022
    • 2 replies
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    • theamazingjacksons
    • March 7, 2022

13. Crack in foundation?

    By Love, October 10, 2021
    • 2 replies
    • 2.1k views
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    • Marc
    • October 13, 2021

14. Basement Waterproofing a Basement that has Structural Clay Walls Using Weep Holes

    By Wolf_22, June 9, 2021
    • 15 replies
    • 7.2k views
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    • Wolf_22
    • June 12, 2021

15. Notching a Header

    By Matthew Jardine, May 10, 2021
    • 6 replies
    • 4.4k views
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    • Matthew Jardine
    • May 13, 2021

16. No footing under foundation wall

    By KR2411, February 28, 2021
    • 3 replies
    • 3.2k views
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    • hausdok
    • March 5, 2021

17. 2019 Wrench Foundation

    By Sung, February 4, 2021
    • 7 replies
    • 2k views
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    • hausdok
    • February 12, 2021

18. 1907 Built House in Alameda, CA

    By MCar, December 23, 2020   

    • brick foundation
    • foundation
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • brick foundation
      • foundation
      • old house foundation
    • 6 replies
    • 2.4k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • January 2, 2021

19. Foundation sitting above footing?

    By Mike Lamb, September 16, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 2.4k views
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    • John Kogel
    • September 18, 2020

20. Workshop foundation

    By monolithsound, September 1, 2020   

    • slab
    • foundation footings cinderblock
    • 2 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • John Kogel
    • September 2, 2020

21. sister joist Cracked Floor Joist Sistering, Nailing

    By pbgvdad, August 28, 2020   

    • framing nailer
    • sister joist nailing
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      Tagged with:

      • framing nailer
      • sister joist nailing
      • cracking floor joists
    • 2 replies
    • 3.4k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • August 29, 2020

22. Screen door on crawl space

    By Jim Baird, May 26, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 3.1k views
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    • Tom Raymond
    • May 28, 2020

23. Window Wells filling with water

    By Jerry Simon, May 22, 2020
    • 2 replies
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    • Jerry Simon
    • May 23, 2020

24. Recently moved to a fairly new home, questions about basement timber joists

    By Torrey, April 1, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 3.7k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • April 5, 2020

25. Replacing Improper Joist Sister

    By Rob11232, March 9, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 2.2k views
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    • Les
    • March 10, 2020