My 1971 single story ranch block foundation has settled 3.5" at the back of the house. I'm raising the house that amount with a permanent 3 ply 2x10x30' beam and permanent adjustable screw jacks sitting on beefy footers spaced 5' apart. Should I remove the nuts from the anchor bolts, so the sill plate lifts too? Or try to lift the floor joists with rim joist separately from the sill plate?
Pilasters work if they're done correctly. Every new home with a CMU foundation and straight runs of more than 20 feet has pilasters. They just have to be installed properly. The ones in the video obviously were not.
these walls like many others NEED to be hand dug out, exterior waterproofing dude because that would reduce lateral soil pressure acting upon the walls and remove any possible underground tree roots AND properly waterproof all of the EXTERIOR cracks in walls!!! (backfilled with all gravel) Example-- tree limb lands on your roof during a storm and causes damage to roof and water begins to enter, what are YOU going to do? Install some braces and foam up in the attic or are you going to remove the tree branch off the roof and repair the damaged roof on the exterior? smh
My 1971 single story ranch block foundation has settled 3.5" at the back of the house. I'm raising the house that amount with a permanent 3 ply 2x10x30' beam and permanent adjustable screw jacks sitting on beefy footers spaced 5' apart. Should I remove the nuts from the anchor bolts, so the sill plate lifts too? Or try to lift the floor joists with rim joist separately from the sill plate?
I just had a mason look at my foundation wall and he was suggesting pilasters, but seeing this they do look pretty useless. Thanks for the video!
Pilasters work if they're done correctly. Every new home with a CMU foundation and straight runs of more than 20 feet has pilasters. They just have to be installed properly. The ones in the video obviously were not.
these walls like many others NEED to be hand dug out, exterior waterproofing dude because that would reduce lateral soil pressure acting upon the walls and remove any possible underground tree roots AND properly waterproof all of the EXTERIOR cracks in walls!!! (backfilled with all gravel) Example-- tree limb lands on your roof during a storm and causes damage to roof and water begins to enter, what are YOU going to do? Install some braces and foam up in the attic or are you going to remove the tree branch off the roof and repair the damaged roof on the exterior? smh