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Im happy someone understands it because i still do t really get how a sandy substance would be inside concrete unless its a packed hole like one person mentioned. Isnt concrete poured using wood to form it, how is possible to make it so uneven and splotchy when it just fills the form...

Of where the hole is? You can see if here on the left side of the image; dirt doesn't physically rise that high. the stucco is intact below where the hole is.

I think this may be right, i got someone to come look at it and they told me it's all concrete, they pour it in a few spots and that's why the walls are varying thickness. Someone mentioned this earlier but I misunderstood; she said she doesn't know why they didn't square it but i'm sure it...

Now im back to being confused. Picture 2 bare stem wall, picture 3 stemwall covered in some masonry material? Or is the bubbly/ cracking material of varying thickness actually just a badly set stem wall full of compacted dirt and thats why when it got a hole dirt came out? Picture 1

Okay, so what is this material they covered the stem wall in, I dont really understand why theyd do that. Can i just remove it and take it back to the stem wall? Its like a grey powder substance under the paint. Thank you to you and coldh29 its very helpful.

How do these work? It looks like after viewing the build in progress and comparing to mine the 1st row of block starts about 6 inches up. You can see in a few of these the thickness is quite variable. It's type B drainage and I'm pretty sure the floor is level the slope doesn't start until the...

So is this section actually considered a stem wall it's just been covered with something that crumbled off into a sandy substance and possibly is actually effloresce? It seems to stop at the joint on all the houses i looked at.

I have no idea what I'm talking about, i figured block construction would have blocks straight down to the pad I didn't think otherwise until I walked down to the site still under construction and saw the pad seems to extend upward.

Thanks lol I hope so too.

That's an interesting idea but no it's really thick on one wall (Like 2 inches thick) but besides that it's kind of seems random, on of the front walls looks like almost nothing was added. You can see the block is semi floating. I think that might explain why the hole goes so far back, it's on...

There is a few! I walked down the street and snuck in and took some pictures, the bubbly residue uneven texture was only on the wall nearest the quikrete bag, the other three walls were the dull smooth that i'd expect to see. It also seems to be uniformly below the first full block inside the...

Nice to meet you all, i'm new and it looks like my first help post is hidden :( Look forward to upgrading my garage :)

I don't think it's all effloresce, it's 120 day old build in florida concrete block and the other garages still being built seem to have some kind of coating applied around the bottom block. It's not uniform, one piece broke off and had a sandy dark textured material behind it, it's a void that...