sixshifts
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Hey guys, Im new here. Figured to come to the forums when looking for advice.
I have a car port attached to my house. It has a gravel floor, Ive been wanting to pour concrete in it to safely jack up my vehicles to work on them, as well as installing doors and making it a useable space.
The back wall is approx. 4' high cinder block, with stud wall on top. The grade behind the block covers the cinder block. Previous owners have not installed eavestroughs, leading to frost heave. The cinder block wall is not dramatically damaged, but it is pushed in the middle enough to create some bowing.
Id like to fix this problem before pouring the floor, options range from supporting the garage with wall built inside the car port and redoing the entire brick wall (not quite sure if that is necessary) or digging down, attempting to push the bowed part back a bit, sealing the outside, putting big O at the bottom, filling with crush and installing eavestroughs to route water away.
What would you do??
I have a car port attached to my house. It has a gravel floor, Ive been wanting to pour concrete in it to safely jack up my vehicles to work on them, as well as installing doors and making it a useable space.
The back wall is approx. 4' high cinder block, with stud wall on top. The grade behind the block covers the cinder block. Previous owners have not installed eavestroughs, leading to frost heave. The cinder block wall is not dramatically damaged, but it is pushed in the middle enough to create some bowing.
Id like to fix this problem before pouring the floor, options range from supporting the garage with wall built inside the car port and redoing the entire brick wall (not quite sure if that is necessary) or digging down, attempting to push the bowed part back a bit, sealing the outside, putting big O at the bottom, filling with crush and installing eavestroughs to route water away.
What would you do??