The canyon under my kitchen

ToolMonger · 01-23-2013, 12:24 PM

My 20 year old house has a crawl space under the kitchen that can be accessed through a hole in the adjacent basement wall. When you enter the crawl space there is a 2 foot gap between the entrance and the dirt mound (the floor of the crawl space). You can see the other side of the basement wall footers and all. I have make repairs to the kitchen floor and need to place temporary supports within 2 feet of the crawl space entrance. It would be great to have a surface that is even with the dirt mound to support the jacks I need to use. Should I attempt to backfill and then compact some of this area to make it even with the rest of the crawl space floor or should I attempt to backfill the entire area? I estimate that it would take at least 30 cubic yards to back fill this area. I estimate it would take 2 or three yards to create a mound at the entrance. I am thinking of using stone dust as the fill material.Any on have any ideas on how to proceed?

01-23-2013, 12:24 PM	#1
ToolMonger Newbie Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 5	The canyon under my kitchen My 20 year old house has a crawl space under the kitchen that can be accessed through a hole in the adjacent basement wall. When you enter the crawl space there is a 2 foot gap between the entrance and the dirt mound (the floor of the crawl space). You can see the other side of the basement wall footers and all. I have make repairs to the kitchen floor and need to place temporary supports within 2 feet of the crawl space entrance. It would be great to have a surface that is even with the dirt mound to support the jacks I need to use. Should I attempt to backfill and then compact some of this area to make it even with the rest of the crawl space floor or should I attempt to backfill the entire area? I estimate that it would take at least 30 cubic yards to back fill this area. I estimate it would take 2 or three yards to create a mound at the entrance. I am thinking of using stone dust as the fill material.Any on have any ideas on how to proceed? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by ToolMonger; 01-26-2013 at 09:48 AM. Reason: grammer

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The canyon under my kitchen