Foundation Systems Forum

510 topics in this forum

1. Crack in foundation?

   By Love, October 10
   • 2 replies
   • 113 views
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   • Marc
   • Wednesday at 11:54 AM

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

   By Wolf_22, June 9
   • 15 replies
   • 2.2k views
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   • Wolf_22
   • June 12

3. Notching a Header

   By Matthew Jardine, May 10
   • 6 replies
   • 433 views
   • 
   • Matthew Jardine
   • May 13

4. No footing under foundation wall

   By KR2411, February 28
   • 3 replies
   • 1.1k views
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   • hausdok
   • March 5

5. 2019 Wrench Foundation

   By Sung, February 4
   • 7 replies
   • 784 views
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   • hausdok
   • February 12

6. 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
   • 980 views
   • 
   • Jim Katen
   • January 2

7. Foundation sitting above footing?

   By Mike Lamb, September 16, 2020
   • 6 replies
   • 1.3k views
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   • John Kogel
   • September 18, 2020

8. Workshop foundation

   By monolithsound, September 1, 2020   

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

9. sister joist Cracked Floor Joist Sistering, Nailing

   By pbgvdad, August 28, 2020   

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

     Tagged with:

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

10. Screen door on crawl space

    By Jim Baird, May 26, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 1.3k views
    • 
    • Tom Raymond
    • May 28, 2020

11. Window Wells filling with water

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

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

    By Torrey, April 1, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • April 5, 2020

13. Replacing Improper Joist Sister

    By Rob11232, March 9, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views
    • 
    • Les
    • March 10, 2020

14. 1900 Stone Foundation without footings

    By Jean, February 27, 2020
    • 5 replies
    • 1k views
    • 
    • Les
    • February 27, 2020

15. Tree stump in foundation

    By Katie Carini, February 21, 2020
    • 7 replies
    • 902 views
    • 
    • Jim Baird
    • February 25, 2020

16. Celluloid spray stuff

    By Jim Baird, January 28, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 1.3k views
    • 
    • Jim Baird
    • January 30, 2020

17. Hardie Plank Between Sill Plates

    By CNewhouse, January 11, 2020
    • 7 replies
    • 1.4k views
    • 
    • Jim Katen
    • January 15, 2020

18. south Florida Stemwall foundation questions

    By georgann, January 12, 2020
    • 2 replies
    • 777 views
    • 
    • Jim Baird
    • January 15, 2020

19. 1950's slab

    By Brandon Whitmore, June 19, 2008
    • 12 replies
    • 6.2k views
    • 
    • georgann
    • January 12, 2020

20. 2 x 4 window headers?

    By mgbinspect, September 23, 2019
    • 13 replies
    • 3k views
    • 
    • mgbinspect
    • September 26, 2019

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

    By curtis596, February 24, 2012
    • 77 replies
    • 19k views
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    • albertstanley
    • June 9, 2019

22. Carrying beam major twist

    By Brothers, May 30, 2019
    • 5 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • Jim Baird
    • June 3, 2019

23. Radon mitigation, sewer penetration seal

    By auradeus, October 21, 2015
    • 18 replies
    • 2.4k views
    • 
    • Erby
    • May 30, 2019

24. Came across these steel shims, thoughts?

    By Brothers, May 24, 2019
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views
    • 
    • John Dirks Jr
    • May 24, 2019

25. Truss thingys

    By Jerry Simon, May 11, 2019
    • 7 replies
    • 1.1k views
    • 
    • inspector57
    • May 22, 2019