Foundation Systems Forum

513 topics in this forum

1. Support Beam splitting

   By Alberto Diaz, November 14
   • 3 replies
   • 221 views
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   • Jim Katen
   • November 15

2. Newly Changed Shims Good or Bad?

   By EmperorSunLao, September 19
   • 7 replies
   • 427 views
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   • Rob Amaral
   • October 2

3. Basement foundation water proofing repair.

   By Brandon Whitmore, August 28, 2007
   • 9 replies
   • 3.3k views
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   • Les
   • June 27

4. 1900's Stone Foundation Wet basement

   By theamazingjacksons, February 22
   • 2 replies
   • 981 views
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   • theamazingjacksons
   • March 7

5. Crack in foundation?

   By Love, October 10, 2021
   • 2 replies
   • 1.1k views
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   • Marc
   • October 13, 2021

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

   By Wolf_22, June 9, 2021
   • 15 replies
   • 2.8k views
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   • Wolf_22
   • June 12, 2021

7. Notching a Header

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

8. No footing under foundation wall

   By KR2411, February 28, 2021
   • 3 replies
   • 1.4k views
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   • hausdok
   • March 5, 2021

9. 2019 Wrench Foundation

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

10. 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
    • 1.2k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • January 2, 2021

11. Foundation sitting above footing?

    By Mike Lamb, September 16, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 1.4k views
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    • John Kogel
    • September 18, 2020

12. Workshop foundation

    By monolithsound, September 1, 2020   

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

13. 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
    • 1.1k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • August 29, 2020

14. Screen door on crawl space

    By Jim Baird, May 26, 2020
    • 3 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • Tom Raymond
    • May 28, 2020

15. Window Wells filling with water

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

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

    By Torrey, April 1, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 1.8k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • April 5, 2020

17. Replacing Improper Joist Sister

    By Rob11232, March 9, 2020
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views
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    • Les
    • March 10, 2020

18. 1900 Stone Foundation without footings

    By Jean, February 27, 2020
    • 5 replies
    • 1.9k views
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    • Les
    • February 27, 2020

19. Tree stump in foundation

    By Katie Carini, February 21, 2020
    • 7 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Jim Baird
    • February 25, 2020

20. Celluloid spray stuff

    By Jim Baird, January 28, 2020
    • 9 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • Jim Baird
    • January 30, 2020

21. Hardie Plank Between Sill Plates

    By CNewhouse, January 11, 2020
    • 7 replies
    • 1.7k views
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    • Jim Katen
    • January 15, 2020

22. south Florida Stemwall foundation questions

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

23. 1950's slab

    By Brandon Whitmore, June 19, 2008
    • 12 replies
    • 6.8k views
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    • georgann
    • January 12, 2020

24. 2 x 4 window headers?

    By mgbinspect, September 23, 2019
    • 13 replies
    • 4k views
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    • mgbinspect
    • September 26, 2019

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

    By curtis596, February 24, 2012
    • 77 replies
    • 19.5k views
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    • albertstanley
    • June 9, 2019