Timeline for How badly have I undermined my foundation footing?
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| May 24, 2022 at 8:28 | comment | added | Gil | @aparente001 yes you are right the water problem still remains but has taken a step back now that I seem to have a bigger problem. I have in fact actually bought a sump pump to place in the crawlspace per your recommendation. THank you | |
| May 24, 2022 at 2:07 | comment | added | aparente001 | There's still the problem of the water in the crawl space. The house I described had a sump pail in the crawl space, with a sump pump. The sump pump drained to the sewer. That was not according to code, but not unusual. If you can't solve the water problem with a drainage project, you could consider the sump pump approach. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 14:01 | vote | accept | Gil | ||
| May 23, 2022 at 13:24 | comment | added | Gil | @FreeMan cheers mate. Yeah I think the foundation footing, despite being dodgy looking and shallow, its ok. Its just my digging that resulted in undermining it that is the problem. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 13:24 | comment | added | Gil | @spikey_richie it turns out the dodgy looking foundation is actually OK. Its not what modern houses would use but at the time of being built, apparently it was an ok method, The problem is the fact that I dug below the footing and undermined it. 100% my fault really. I just need to know if its ok for me to backfill it on my own, | |
| May 23, 2022 at 13:03 | answer | added | Ecnerwal | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 23, 2022 at 12:31 | comment | added | FreeMan | Sydney weather is pretty mild, "with temperatures being as high as 19 °C (66 °F) during the day and as low as 3 °C (37 °F) at night" (Source), so it doesn't sound like there's much worry about the ground freezing during the winter. Your 3 courses of brick might just be suitable for your area. I'd check with the local building commission to ensure that's an acceptable foundation depth, but it's probably OK. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 12:27 | comment | added | spikey_richie | OK, that makes sense. Thanks. When the house was being sold to you, did the surveys not pick up on this? In the UK, this would have been a red-flag for the sale, and would have to be remedied or a plan put in place to resolve the issue as a condition of the sale. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 12:21 | history | edited | Gil | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Corrected new home owner to first home owner
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| May 23, 2022 at 12:20 | comment | added | Gil | @spikey_richie thats bad wording from me sorry. I am a first home owner is more correct and Ill edit it. This house is built in 1970. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 12:08 | comment | added | spikey_richie | "I am a new home owner based in Sydney" - I read this as this is a new build which you have bought and moved into. If this is the case, contact the building company and have them resolve it, at their cost. Don't dig any more exploratory trenches, or they'll blame you for causing the issue. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 11:41 | history | edited | FreeMan | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Fix up broken apostrophy key
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| May 23, 2022 at 6:54 | comment | added | Gil | I cant tell for other sides of the house as they are covered with concrete paths. But for this side of the house (around 15 metres (50 feet), its consistently like this. | |
| May 23, 2022 at 5:16 | comment | added | aparente001 | I wonder if the small foundation is consistent all around the perimeter of the house. I lived in a house once that had a normal foundation for most of the building, but there was one room that had been converted from an old porch. That had the skimpy sort of foundation you described. | |
| S May 23, 2022 at 3:15 | review | First questions | |||
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| S May 23, 2022 at 3:15 | history | asked | Gil | CC BY-SA 4.0 |