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Posted by on January 19, 2007, 7:29 pm
How would this explain the lack of rebar at the corners?
cmiles3 wrote:
> Looks like spalling concrete caused by movement of the brick. Brick
> swells and shrinks with moisture changes, and moves at a different rate
> than concrete. As it moved, the concrete adhered to the bricks move
> until it cracked.
>
> Besides patching the concrete, you need to look at eliminating
> excessive moisture conditions in the brick wall. Check for water
> dripping/splashing on the brick from the eaves, blocked weepholes in
> the bottom course of bricks, possible leaking pipe/drains in the wall,
> or water puddling at the foundations. All bad, but fixable.
>
>
> Tony Sivori wrote:
> > I'm looking for a house, and a few that I have looked at have cracks in
> > the corner of the concrete foundation. I've only seen it on houses that
> > have a basement.
> >
> > Here's some links to photos of two of the houses:
> >
> > worst one:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/49868737@N00/360644983/
> >
> > same crack, different angle:
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/49868737@N00/360644974/in/photostream/
> >
> > two smaller ones:
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/49868737@N00/360644990/
> >
> > http://www.flickr.com/photos/49868737@N00/360644994/
> >
> >
> > How bad is this? Can it be safely ignored? Is it worse if more than one
> > corner is cracked?
> >
> > Or does it need repair? If so, what is involved? Just some drilling,
> > insert some rebar, and some concrete?
> >
> > --
> > Tony Sivori
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