Foundation Systems Forum

499 topics in this forum

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

   By Torrey, April 1
   • 9 replies
   • 288 views
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   • Jim Katen
   • Sunday at 07:27 PM

2. Replacing Improper Joist Sister

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

3. 1900 Stone Foundation without footings

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

4. Tree stump in foundation

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

5. Celluloid spray stuff

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

6. Hardie Plank Between Sill Plates

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

7. south Florida Stemwall foundation questions

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

8. 1950's slab

   By Brandon Whitmore, June 19, 2008
   • 12 replies
   • 4,380 views
   • 
   • georgann
   • January 12

9. 2 x 4 window headers?

   By mgbinspect, September 23, 2019
   • 13 replies
   • 1,388 views
   • 
   • mgbinspect
   • September 26, 2019

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

    By curtis596, February 24, 2012
    • 77 replies
    • 16,898 views
    • 
    • albertstanley
    • June 9, 2019

11. Carrying beam major twist

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

12. Radon mitigation, sewer penetration seal

    By auradeus, October 21, 2015
    • 18 replies
    • 1,684 views
    • 
    • Erby
    • May 30, 2019

13. Came across these steel shims, thoughts?

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

14. Truss thingys

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

15. Louisiana Storm

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

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

    By Brandon Downer, April 26, 2019
    • 14 replies
    • 1,364 views
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    • Jim Baird
    • May 2, 2019

17. Cracks at cast in place concrete beams

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

18. Crawl Space Encapsulation 1 2 3

    By tim5055, January 5, 2014
    • 68 replies
    • 11,946 views
    • 
    • Erby
    • April 29, 2019

19. description of this basement

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

20. Pier and beam offset

    By Afox, December 21, 2018   

    • pier
    • beam
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • pier
      • beam
      • shim
    • 6 replies
    • 1,277 views
    • 
    • Erby
    • February 24, 2019

21. 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
    • 1,778 views
    • 
    • duomit
    • February 22, 2019

22. What is this flooring

    By RickSab, April 11, 2016
    • 6 replies
    • 1,171 views
    • 
    • Rob Amaral
    • February 2, 2019

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

    By nuker, July 8, 2010
    • 30 replies
    • 26,928 views
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    • ridgernr58
    • January 26, 2019

24. Sistering Floor joists is this ok??

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

25. 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
    • 443 views
    • 
    • Jim Baird
    • January 15, 2019