I have invented an apparatus for creating an adjustable foundation, for residential and light commercial structures, that are supported on concrete drilled piers or concrete pad footing supports. The apparatus is an adjustable pier/footing cap, added to conventional drilled piers/footings at the time...
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Instead of putting the anchors in during the pour, when the concrete is still plastic, I like to drill the hole afterward because that gives us much more control over precisely locating that hole. The reason I blow out the holes is to keep the dust stuck on the side of the shaft from ...
The building will have a concrete pier foundation, a wooden framework, and a metal roof. The walls will be insulated with straw, and the ceiling and floor with dense-pack cellulose. The finish floor will be earthen, and the walls and ceiling will be naturally plastered. There will be oppor...
Define masonry building. means any building, other than a hut, and includes any structure, a substantial part of which is made of masonry, reinforced concrete, steel, iron or other metal and also includes a framed building;
If a house has no basement, but is set off the ground on concrete foundations, the method of building both the fireplace and the chimney is going to be slightly different. In the first place, the furnace is going to have to be located in the utility room, and this will mean that inst...
Prior to concrete pours or other foundation work During the installation of structural elements After the bridge is open to traffic For instance, the construction of a suspension bridge requires specialized inspections for the cables and towers, ensuring their ability to withstand tension and compression...
fOUNDATION 1 PIER Pier:The supporting structure, usually made of concrete and set on or below grade. Post Anchors:These are metal brackets that connect support columns to the pier. They can be set into poured cement or mechanically secured to cured contract by fasteners. ...
You could install concrete underpinning to extend the stone foundation walls to below the proposed basement elevation. The underpinning would be incrementally installed using a series of individual underpinning piers. You have to decide whether it would be easier to underpin from outside the building ...
PIER FOUNDATION WITH ARCHES Piers are dug at regular interval and filled with cement concrete. The piers may rest on good bearing strata. Piers are connected by concrete or masonry arch, over which the wall may constructed. A concrete beam may be provided over the arch if the arch is constr...