allseason Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Any opinons on this system? http://www.superiorwalls.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I see them all the time. They work great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Booth Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I've put a number of manufactured homes on Superior Walls and they perform really well. Like any foundation, carefull bracing must be installed if any backfilling is done prior to installing the first floor. The walls are pretty flexible and in one instance, a well meaning owner/contractor backfilled prior to setting the home and bowed the wall almost 3" in the center of a 64' span. We excavated the fill, straightened the wall and the job proceeded with no lasting damage......Greg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allseason Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Great, thanks. They are in fact under a modular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I wonder why they're more of an E. coast thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allseason Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Busy corner, small city, house is up in a couple/few days days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I wonder why they're more of an E. coast thing? Superior Walls 937 East Earl Road New Holland, PA 17557 Phone: 800-452-9255 Fax: 717-351-9263 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I wonder why they're more of an E. coast thing? Sounds like a business opportunity, Brandon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Sounds like a business opportunity, Brandon. I've already got two near full time jobs, might as well shoot for a third? Unfortunately, it doesn't look like OR is on their list of Hot License Opportunity areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Whitmore Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Superior Walls 937 East Earl Road New Holland, PA 17557 Phone: 800-452-9255 Fax: 717-351-9263 I should have queried: I wonder why pre-cast foundations are more of an E. coast thing...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 My father put them in the last ten years of his construction career - age 70 to 80 - when he could no longer lift, tote and wrestle forms into place on his own anymore. He loved them. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I've seen quite a few of these and attended a DCA seminar on them. This is a great system as long as the installation is correct. The biggest problem comes after the walls are up. The framers have no idea what is required when the joists run parallel with the walls. Download the installation booklet from the web site and look at page 29. Blocking is required along this area. I did a bank owned house where the blocking was missing, the wall bowed in and surprisingly, the bank fixed it. If I was building a house, I'd use this system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I see them often, mostly on larger homes. The older homes that I inspect with this system seem to always have dry basements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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