Intrested in buying this house. It has a couple of issues. Here’s one. The single garage had be altered to make it a 2 car. The steel in the pic supports one side of the extended roof. I just noticed today on inspection that the column has a crack at the base of the support column, which appears to be CB. Is this a complicated fix??
Thanks,
Mike
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I'm assuming CB means Concrete Block, or commonly known as CMU (Concrete Masonary Units).
I'll go out on a limb here and say that it's probably not terribly expensive to fix, as long at the steel beam could be temporarily supported while the column is rebuilt.
M
Is there an issue as well behind the column on the left (in pic 3)? Looks to be cracked as well.
Yes,there is. I posted on this a while back regards the floor issue. I know the floor has to be removed and replaced. Would the floor problem cause the cracks on the column. I think it maybe because the floor asdropped slightly. Also in the second picture. This is looking up at the top of the crawl space opening. I was trying to determin if the floor was poured on top of the sill plate or not. I need to know this to see if the floor can be removed without it interfering with the walls. Not sure which piece of lumber is the sill, left or right?
Thanks,
mike
Same house? would not have guessed.
At any rate, it might indicate a footing problem at the column and/or that corner behind it.
Hard to tell with that picture. Funny how they lay stuff against a wall in question.........
Got any more of that area, sans crappola?
Here's one of the inside of where the column meets the wall on the otherside of the wall on the right. There doesn't appear to be any cracking in the crawlspace wall. Your right about how they put stuff up against it though.
Miike
Mike
Not sure the exact location of that column (I'll assume it's on the left side of the garage).
Is there a possibility that someones bumper bashed it at one time? Did they slather up any morter in the area of the crack?
Obviously, the column has cracked because something is moving relative to something else. Generally not a big deal, but it's wise to figure out what's moving. Likely there's a crack/joint in the floor where the column bears that's at the center of the movement.