[stadry]

some of you have asked about our work,,, here's an atypical job for a client,,, the house's sold but home inspection noted a 'foundation' issue
YIKES ! i guess,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[chandler48]

Yeah, my 1900 farm house I had was set on field stone, not mortared, just stacked. I worked on one that had black locust stumps for piers.

 

[mark sr]

Yrs ago I used to drive past a house that they were adding onto. All the block piers were installed sideways like that. I don't know if they ever fixed it right as one day I drove by and it was all underpinned. What could go wrong :surprise:



I always thought it was interesting to see how some of the old houses were built/supported using creative methods.

 

[stadry]

our 2nd house in upstate ny was blt in '56 ( 1856 ),,, foundation for original house was 3' deep dug trench filled w/laid up field stone/mortar,,, over the yrs, 4 addns were added all on brick columns,,, avg frost depth 4'