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We are self-contracting our house and our block man has block up around the basement on 3 sides (all corners are in).
Our problem is that two of the corners are off by 5/8″ and 3/8″. This makes one of the 9′ off set walls 11/16″ too long.
This is a basement wall of 12′ in height and is 45’x 27′ with two 9′ off sets out of the front corners.
The wall looks plumb and is out of level only 1/2″ at the worst. But the offset looks obviously off if you look across to the other side.
Should I say/do anything about this?
What if any problems might this cause other than cosmetics?
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I am a builder who does the whole shebang. From the footings to the cabinets. I grew up in a building family but was unimpressed by anything other than framing, and maybe laying brick. After five or six years of becoming a magician at getting my framing plumb, level, and square on a block or espescialy poured foundation, that wasn't even close, I went back to laying my own block. I am not an engineer but I'm sure one would back me on the idea of transferred loads. A well built home should not only be plumb, level, and square but also have "stacked framing", or stacked bearing points. Everything with weight should thransfer its weight to a load bearing member. For example, rafters to studs to floor joist to girder to rodded block core to footer. I'm usually not good at explaining things but if you get the gist of it then the only other thing that throws off transferring of loads is something being out of plumb level and square. In my opinion a reputable mason would shoot one of his own men for letting the wall corbel out as much as you said it was off. One more thing, find a framer you trust, he'll tell you if its bad, after all he's next on the job!
*Left something out, The dimensions you gave for being "out" of whack are not nearly as bad as I have seen. As far as fixing the problem at hand, A good framer can "split the diference" on out of square dimensions and bring the final product up to acceptable standards. But before he gets there you may want to check with other proffessionals on line about reinforcing the block. I always "rod the cores" at 4 feet o.c. with no. 6 rebar and straight portland with about ten shovels of sand to a 75 pound bag. may sound like overkill but I like my blockwork stout! Another concern of yours about the "cosmetics" could be fixed above grade with the final veneer, no biggy. Best-o-luck!
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We are self-contracting our house and our block man has block up around the basement on 3 sides (all corners are in).
Our problem is that two of the corners are off by 5/8" and 3/8". This makes one of the 9' off set walls 11/16" too long.
This is a basement wall of 12' in height and is 45'x 27' with two 9' off sets out of the front corners.
The wall looks plumb and is out of level only 1/2" at the worst. But the offset looks obviously off if you look across to the other side.
Should I say/do anything about this?
What if any problems might this cause other than cosmetics?