Any body out there ever tie a poured or block wall into an existing STONE foundation.
I have to price out an addition where the current house has a stone foundation.
Thank you in advance
Any body out there ever tie a poured or block wall into an existing STONE foundation.
I have to price out an addition where the current house has a stone foundation.
Thank you in advance
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Don't try to tying the new to the old. The old is porous and should not be part of the new foundation.
Build the foundation with all four walls. Instead of having three, where two butt into the stone foundation, add a fourth that runs along side the old stone foundation.
The owners will thank you later. In the end you will have one section of the house with a fully usable and dry founation that is totally damp free.
Gabe
Edited 3/26/2003 7:48:30 PM ET by GABE_MARTEL
Do it all the time. Gabe is right that you need to do the structural as a separate component and not disturb the existing. Someday it will be replaced.
You can do the forming to the stonme with choppoing plywood scraps to fit or with foam.
If you were asking about pricing, that all depends on .... like anything else.
The last thing you want to do is a onesided form poured to the existing wall. That's borrowing troubles.
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