Foundation Systems Forum

494 topics in this forum

1. Hardie Plank Between Sill Plates

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

2. south Florida Stemwall foundation questions

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

3. 1950's slab

   By Brandon Whitmore, June 19, 2008
   • 12 replies
   • 4,177 views
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   • georgann
   • January 12

4. 2 x 4 window headers?

   By mgbinspect, September 23, 2019
   • 13 replies
   • 1,198 views
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   • mgbinspect
   • September 26, 2019

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

   By curtis596, February 24, 2012
   • 77 replies
   • 16,651 views
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   • albertstanley
   • June 9, 2019

6. Carrying beam major twist

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

7. Radon mitigation, sewer penetration seal

   By auradeus, October 21, 2015
   • 18 replies
   • 1,571 views
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   • Erby
   • May 30, 2019

8. Came across these steel shims, thoughts?

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

9. Truss thingys

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

10. Louisiana Storm

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

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

    By Brandon Downer, April 26, 2019
    • 14 replies
    • 1,067 views
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    • Jim Baird
    • May 2, 2019

12. Cracks at cast in place concrete beams

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

13. Crawl Space Encapsulation 1 2 3

    By tim5055, January 5, 2014
    • 68 replies
    • 11,674 views
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    • Erby
    • April 29, 2019

14. description of this basement

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

15. Pier and beam offset

    By Afox, December 21, 2018   

    • pier
    • beam
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • pier
      • beam
      • shim
    • 6 replies
    • 1,116 views
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    • Erby
    • February 24, 2019

16. Waterproofing and finishing a basement with a stone foundation

    By KellyCondron, February 7, 2019   

    • basement
    • waterproofing
    • (and 8 more)

      Tagged with:

      • basement
      • waterproofing
      • stone foundation
      • footer
      • drain
      • pipe
      • soil acidity
      • pvc
      • finished basement
      • pennsylvania
    • 8 replies
    • 1,152 views
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    • duomit
    • February 22, 2019

17. What is this flooring

    By RickSab, April 11, 2016
    • 6 replies
    • 1,108 views
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    • Rob Amaral
    • February 2, 2019

18. Are these acceptable shims/spacers on piers? 1 2

    By nuker, July 8, 2010
    • 30 replies
    • 25,341 views
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    • ridgernr58
    • January 26, 2019

19. Sistering Floor joists is this ok??

    By Alex5, January 11, 2019
    • 4 replies
    • 598 views
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    • ejager
    • January 19, 2019

20. I triple dog dare ya...

    By MavenOfReputation, January 12, 2019   

    • renovation nightmare
    • plywood vs osb
    • (and 9 more)

      Tagged with:

      • renovation nightmare
      • plywood vs osb
      • framing
      • interior wall
      • sheathing
      • woodrot
      • floors
      • foundation
      • bracing
      • crawl space
      • sistering
    • 4 replies
    • 384 views
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    • Jim Baird
    • January 15, 2019

21. Foundation settlement gauge

    By Mike Lamb, December 2, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 628 views
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    • Les
    • December 7, 2018

22. Improper pier shims - severity and cost to repair?

    By sippyCUP, November 29, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 637 views
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    • Jim Katen
    • December 1, 2018

23. Steel SIPs for basement?

    By ejager, November 13, 2018
    • 0 replies
    • 425 views
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    • ejager
    • November 13, 2018

24. De facto structural element?

    By Chad Fabry, June 4, 2018
    • 5 replies
    • 1,746 views
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    • ejager
    • June 14, 2018

25. Need opinion on home im looking at.

    By Bulldog565, February 15, 2018
    • 20 replies
    • 1,305 views
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    • John Kogel
    • February 22, 2018