Been having issues with the front of my 2 car attached garage between the doors. As seen in the pictures, it has been crumbling and falling apart. What would be a good fix for this? I think it is from parking our cars in the garage all winter and runoff sitting under the block. Thanks in advance for the help
Foundation Repair
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mike93lx
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Place temporary support for the structure, remove it all and replace it.
Do you have spash back from a roof line above?
What's in the wall? A post/column? Or just regular framing?
Do you have spash back from a roof line above?
What's in the wall? A post/column? Or just regular framing?
mcbane
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That looks like a brick foundation with a cosmetic layer of concrete troweled over it. You might want to open the sheetrock on the inside to verify that the framing bears only on the brick, but if that is the case, no need to resupport while you remove and replace the concrete.
No idea what state you are in, but if you are in earthquake country, a brick foundation is unsuitable and you will want an engineer's opinion re: options to upgrade the foundation.
No idea what state you are in, but if you are in earthquake country, a brick foundation is unsuitable and you will want an engineer's opinion re: options to upgrade the foundation.
wssix99
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It looks like someone placed concrete over a brick foundation as a cover. (No surprise that treatment won't last.)
I would chip away the remainder of the concrete, adhere some foam board to it and then wrap it with aluminum or galvalume.
I would chip away the remainder of the concrete, adhere some foam board to it and then wrap it with aluminum or galvalume.
danfromsyr
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I dunno, those bricks don't look mortared either..
open up the inside. and give us another pic..
support the header/roof framing and remove it all and pour in a new bearing block
open up the inside. and give us another pic..
support the header/roof framing and remove it all and pour in a new bearing block
Uncle murph
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Support the jambs,knock out all the rubble,form it and pour it.Keep the form about a 1/4” high.Running any cheap hammer drill with no bit in it against the form makes a fantastic poor mans ********.
mike93lx
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Jigsaw, Sawzall and RO sander are other good vibratory options. It is important to not over do it though as all the aggregate will drop to the bottom and make it overall weak
Zeke
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Good place for an epoxy repair. The one I'm familiar with is not something you buy at HD. It's used in parking structures. Not cheap but not labor intensive. In and out in a couple hours.
mike93lx
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I'm lost. What would epoxy be used for here?
looks like it's been worked on before and piss poor concrete used.
I would brace the span at each door opening , remove the lower section of either the inside or outside ( or both probably)
access the studs & bottom plate , maybe even knock it all out. dig down to where you have solid concrtete block or to the required depth for footing and start to build up from there
I would brace the span at each door opening , remove the lower section of either the inside or outside ( or both probably)
access the studs & bottom plate , maybe even knock it all out. dig down to where you have solid concrtete block or to the required depth for footing and start to build up from there
Zeke
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You pour it in as a filler/binder. Forms have to be built to contain it or at least tape it up well. The area in question becomes a solid block. The epoxy is mixed with powdered fillers like cabosil or milled fiber. I have used silica sand as a filler of any voids before the epoxy and saturated it with pure liquid epoxy. Has to be on the thin side. As I said, this is not some stuff you buy at the home center.
There are contractors that inject epoxy under pressure. I've seen old rotten wood beams in a church reinforced with epoxy and fiberglass rebar from the top. Saved all the intricate decorations on the beams which would have been hard to replicate not to mention not original.
