Foundation Systems Forum

518 topics in this forum

1. "Activated stress" post beam placement?

   By jseddy, February 19, 2006
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   • Jim Katen
   • February 20, 2006

2. "Loss of Elevation Control"...

   By Rob Amaral, April 20, 2013
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   • John Kogel
   • April 21, 2013

3. 100year old crawlspace - well drained!

   By Les, March 24, 2014
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   • John Kogel
   • March 25, 2014

4. 1900 Stone Foundation without footings

   By Jean, February 27, 2020
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   • Les
   • February 27, 2020

5. 1900's Stone Foundation Wet basement

   By theamazingjacksons, February 22, 2022
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   • theamazingjacksons
   • March 7, 2022

6. 1907 Built House in Alameda, CA

   By MCar, December 23, 2020   

   • brick foundation
   • foundation
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   • Jim Katen
   • January 2, 2021

7. 1910 concrete foundation

   By John Kogel, April 14, 2011
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   • Gibsonguy
   • April 17, 2011

8. 1910 Mystery Foundation Material? 1 2

   By dtontarski, April 15, 2006
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   • charlieb
   • November 23, 2012

9. 1930's Foundation Question

   By Terence McCann, June 1, 2007
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   • Terence McCann
   • June 3, 2007

10. 1949 foundation question

    By John Kogel, April 16, 2011
    • 21 replies
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    • mgbinspect
    • April 19, 2011

11. 1950's slab

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

12. 2 x 4 window headers?

    By mgbinspect, September 23, 2019
    • 13 replies
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    • mgbinspect
    • September 26, 2019

13. 2019 Wrench Foundation

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

14. 4 X 4' s as combo beam-floor joist system?

    By JPLomeo, April 6, 2015
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    • JPLomeo
    • April 9, 2015

15. 40 foot long horizontal crack

    By n/a23, December 7, 2004
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    • monte
    • May 27, 2005

16. a

    By homnspector, July 14, 2007
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    • hausdok
    • July 14, 2007

17. A beautiful sump install.

    By Robert Jones, March 16, 2012
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    • Robert Jones
    • March 17, 2012

18. A Day of Two Crawlspace Extremes

    By hausdok, May 26, 2007
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    • hausdok
    • May 27, 2007

19. A Terra Cotta block building

    By John Kogel, June 26, 2013
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    • Tom Raymond
    • June 29, 2013

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

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

21. Adjustable Steel posts

    By mridgeelk, August 19, 2008
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    • mridgeelk
    • August 19, 2008

22. Advice for one who would like to become Inspectors

    By Hoss28, August 4, 2015
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    • Denray
    • March 6, 2017

23. Advice on home inspection results

    By krishmunn, September 16, 2014
    • 19 replies
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    • John Kogel
    • September 22, 2014

24. Almost didn't go under

    By Denray, September 2, 2017
    • 6 replies
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    • mjr6550
    • September 3, 2017

25. Aluminum floor joists

    By mjr6550, May 15, 2017
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    • Jerry Simon
    • May 17, 2017