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mike trahos – 02:04pm Aug 5, 2001 EST (#2 of 4)
1826 Summer Brick Kitchen- Am I doing it correctly?
We can’t keep plaster on the inside wall of this original brick kitchen. Moisture seems to weep up the brick breaking the brown coat from the brick.
Paint just peals off. No temperature control in the kitchen.
We trenched around the foundation. The foundation is 42″ deep- brick on clay. We trenched down only 24″ getting through the sand to a harder clay
level. We considered parging the brick, etc. But the brick and morter are now so soft that we have framed for a 5″ poured concrete wall to support the
foundation. We thought to put a plastic barrier against the brick foundation- solely to add another moisturer barrier while allowing future archeologists
to separate this “floating” concrete wall if ever needed.The wall will come up just to grade. We plan to put some rebar around the corners within the
wall. We will tar the concrete wall and place a foundation drain anound the wall. Inside, the floor of the kitchen is 8″ square brick pavers on conpacted
soil.
Does anyone out there think this will take care of the moisture problem which is causing the plaster to fail? Does anyone think we need to put in a
perimeter drain inside as well? Will the concrete wall cause any damage to the soft brick or support it as we hope.
We know that condensation from ambient temperature changes can cause superficial damage to the surface of the plaster, but we are hoping a
dehumidifier will help control that problem. Would appreciate any thoughts ASAP from anyone who has had experience with old houses as we are
supposed to pour tomarrow.
>>>>>>>Itook the librety of reposting this from another thread where it didn’t belong>>>>>piffin
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mike trahos - 02:04pm Aug 5, 2001 EST (#2 of 4)
1826 Summer Brick Kitchen- Am I doing it correctly?
We can't keep plaster on the inside wall of this original brick kitchen. Moisture seems to weep up the brick breaking the brown coat from the brick.
Paint just peals off. No temperature control in the kitchen.
We trenched around the foundation. The foundation is 42" deep- brick on clay. We trenched down only 24" getting through the sand to a harder clay
level. We considered parging the brick, etc. But the brick and morter are now so soft that we have framed for a 5" poured concrete wall to support the
foundation. We thought to put a plastic barrier against the brick foundation- solely to add another moisturer barrier while allowing future archeologists
to separate this "floating" concrete wall if ever needed.The wall will come up just to grade. We plan to put some rebar around the corners within the
wall. We will tar the concrete wall and place a foundation drain anound the wall. Inside, the floor of the kitchen is 8" square brick pavers on conpacted
soil.
Does anyone out there think this will take care of the moisture problem which is causing the plaster to fail? Does anyone think we need to put in a
perimeter drain inside as well? Will the concrete wall cause any damage to the soft brick or support it as we hope.
We know that condensation from ambient temperature changes can cause superficial damage to the surface of the plaster, but we are hoping a
dehumidifier will help control that problem. Would appreciate any thoughts ASAP from anyone who has had experience with old houses as we are
supposed to pour tomarrow.
>>>>>>>Itook the librety of reposting this from another thread where it didn't belong>>>>>piffin