My house has a step footing, and a crawlspace with cinder block foundation wall. Every time there is a step down in the footing, there is a gap in the cinder block foundation wall because the cinder block doesn't butt up to the side of the step-down (ie: the vertical part of the step-down.)
Water leaks in these gaps when it rains. I want to know why the gaps are there. ie: why didn't the builder move the cinder block over all the way so that it touches the vertical part of the step and the horizontal part of the step. The gaps vary in size, but are about 4" to 8" side to side (the gap space between the cinder block and the vertical part of the step). The cinder blocks are fine as the row moves away from the step, it's just that the builder didn't put the first cinder block close enough to the step.
The house was built in 2001.
Thanks
Josh O.
Nashville, TN
Water leaks in these gaps when it rains. I want to know why the gaps are there. ie: why didn't the builder move the cinder block over all the way so that it touches the vertical part of the step and the horizontal part of the step. The gaps vary in size, but are about 4" to 8" side to side (the gap space between the cinder block and the vertical part of the step). The cinder blocks are fine as the row moves away from the step, it's just that the builder didn't put the first cinder block close enough to the step.
The house was built in 2001.
Thanks
Josh O.
Nashville, TN