Building a Sister Wall: Crawlspace Walls Needing Sister Wall

These walls are deteriorating and bowing in. Many of the older homes in our Denver area have similar syle foundations composed of rock or brick with mortar. Over time settling and exterior pressure on the foundation walls results in movement of the bricks or stones. Additionally, over time the mortar needs maintenance or it will also crack & crumble. Look at your foundation, if the mortar is crumbling or the brick or stones are loose, call us. We can tell you if you need tuck pointing which according to TrowelTrades.com: is an effective way of decreasing water entry into masonry.(www.troweltrades.com/tuckpointing_brick/)or if you also have foundation settling or, as in this case, horizontal pressure bowing the walls in.

 

Being 6' tall, this cold storage room is not technically basement height. The homeowners have taken care to insulate and restore so much of the cold room that our work was so easy! We simply had to clear away a little debris and build a support or sister wall. If this looks familiar, call us and we can come out and perform a free evaluation. Contact Peak Structural at 303 243 3028 or www.peakstructural.com/

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