|
Posted by Arvid Sorsdahl on July 3, 2007, 9:05 pm
If the block walls that are there are in good condition you could jack up
the house and add a pony wall on top of the block walls. The block walls
can be reinforced with rebar both horizontal and vertical and filled with
concrete.
> We have an old basement that is about 6'6"" at it's highest point,
> with a block foundation. The floor is poured concrete, not flat,
> with the usual(?) small stress cracks.
>
> I was wondering about the feasibility of jacking up the house,
> removing the old foundation, digging a little deeper, and putting
> a new poured foundation with lots of (8'+) headroom.
>
> I am specifically -not- interested in just digging out the floor.
> I'd lose too much floor space that way, and I really would like to
> get rid of the old block walls.
>
> Anybody know anything about this?
>
> I've done some googling, and all I've found seems to talk about
> turning crawls into full basements. Not quite what I'm about.
>
> I know this will be expensive, but it might be the way to go for
> our situation. Having a new finished basement might be more
> cost-effective than moving, if it comes to that. We bought before
> the real estate price run-up of the last 5-6 years and couldn't
> afford to buy in our neighborhood today!
>
>
> Thanks for your time,
>
> Max
>
> PS: I crossposted to rec.woodworking mainly in the hopes of getting
> more input, but also because this effort might result in my own
> indoor
> shop space instead of an unheated garage. ;-)
>
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap