Foundation Systems Forum

504 topics in this forum

1. Foundation sitting above footing?

   By Mike Lamb, September 16
   • 6 replies
   • 514 views
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   • John Kogel
   • September 18

2. Workshop foundation

   By monolithsound, September 1   

   • slab
   • foundation footings cinderblock
   • 2 replies
   • 265 views
   • 
   • John Kogel
   • September 2

3. sister joist Cracked Floor Joist Sistering, Nailing

   By pbgvdad, August 28   

   • framing nailer
   • sister joist nailing
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • framing nailer
     • sister joist nailing
     • cracking floor joists
   • 2 replies
   • 528 views
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   • Jim Katen
   • August 29

4. Screen door on crawl space

   By Jim Baird, May 26
   • 3 replies
   • 1k views
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   • Tom Raymond
   • May 28

5. Window Wells filling with water

   By Jerry Simon, May 22
   • 2 replies
   • 347 views
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   • Jerry Simon
   • May 23

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

   By Torrey, April 1
   • 9 replies
   • 1.2k views
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   • Jim Katen
   • April 5

7. Replacing Improper Joist Sister

   By Rob11232, March 9
   • 6 replies
   • 724 views
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   • Les
   • March 10

8. 1900 Stone Foundation without footings

   By Jean, February 27
   • 5 replies
   • 553 views
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   • Les
   • February 27

9. Tree stump in foundation

   By Katie Carini, February 21
   • 7 replies
   • 550 views
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   • Jim Baird
   • February 25

10. Celluloid spray stuff

    By Jim Baird, January 28
    • 9 replies
    • 936 views
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    • Jim Baird
    • January 30

11. Hardie Plank Between Sill Plates

    By CNewhouse, January 11
    • 7 replies
    • 778 views
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    • Jim Katen
    • January 15

12. south Florida Stemwall foundation questions

    By georgann, January 12
    • 2 replies
    • 520 views
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    • Jim Baird
    • January 15

13. 1950's slab

    By Brandon Whitmore, June 19, 2008
    • 12 replies
    • 5.1k views
    • 
    • georgann
    • January 12

14. 2 x 4 window headers?

    By mgbinspect, September 23, 2019
    • 13 replies
    • 2k views
    • 
    • mgbinspect
    • September 26, 2019

15. Radon mitigation system doesn't seem legitimate 1 2 3 4

    By curtis596, February 24, 2012
    • 77 replies
    • 17.6k views
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    • albertstanley
    • June 9, 2019

16. Carrying beam major twist

    By Brothers, May 30, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 786 views
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    • Jim Baird
    • June 3, 2019

17. Radon mitigation, sewer penetration seal

    By auradeus, October 21, 2015
    • 18 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • Erby
    • May 30, 2019

18. Came across these steel shims, thoughts?

    By Brothers, May 24, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 700 views
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    • John Dirks Jr
    • May 24, 2019

19. Truss thingys

    By Jerry Simon, May 11, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 736 views
    • 
    • inspector57
    • May 22, 2019

20. Louisiana Storm

    By Erby, May 20, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 592 views
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    • hausdok
    • May 21, 2019

21. Add pillars to joists that span 12 feet in 80 year old house

    By Brandon Downer, April 26, 2019
    • 14 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • Jim Baird
    • May 2, 2019

22. Cracks at cast in place concrete beams

    By palmettoinspect, May 1, 2019
    • 3 replies
    • 552 views
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    • palmettoinspect
    • May 1, 2019

23. Crawl Space Encapsulation 1 2 3

    By tim5055, January 5, 2014
    • 68 replies
    • 12.5k views
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    • Erby
    • April 29, 2019

24. description of this basement

    By Les, April 5, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 872 views
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    • Mike Lamb
    • April 6, 2019

25. Pier and beam offset

    By Afox, December 21, 2018   

    • pier
    • beam
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • pier
      • beam
      • shim
    • 6 replies
    • 1.7k views
    • 
    • Erby
    • February 24, 2019