On Dec 26 2015 4:05 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Saturday 26 December 2015 10:45:14 EBo wrote: > > And Gene replied: > >> > "stem wall"? Not a term I am familiar with, sorry. The front wall >> > in particular, has the roots of a row of burning bush we planted >> too >> > close >> > pushing it inward, and that has caused a slight inward bulge >> halfway >> > up >> > the wall, crack width less than 1/16", but no water appears to be >> > coming >> > it from that. Its all around the base of the wall, up to 3, maybe >> > 4" above the poured floor. In any event, if we can keep the water >> > pumped out, it will outlast us, at which point my kids can do >> > whatever with it. >> > Dee never had any of her own. Its paid for & has been for nearly >> 20 >> > years now. One of the boys, recently remarried to a great woman, >> has >> > been looking for a place in WV, and has even explored the >> > possibility of >> > getting a transfer to here as his employer has a terminal here in >> WV >> > too. >> >> Stem walls go below the floor slab, and foundation walls go above >> the >> slab. I am used to having stem walls even with basements, but that >> might just be the building codes back in NM. (see >> http://www.infoforbuilding.com/types-of-house-foundations.html) >> > I ran into that when I made the hole in the floor, and had to move my > hole about 10" farther away from the block wall before I could go > deeper > than about 6" below the poured floor. However, the open path into the > sump makes a handy place to dump a dehumidifier bucket. :) I had > backfilled it with coarse gravel to about 4" below the floor, and > have a > bag of hydraulic cement stashed dry, but haven't managed to find my > round tuit & finish plugging it. I'd have to move everything that is > currently sitting on where the trench would go, and possibly demolish > a > load bearing wall.
probably do not need to demolish a load bearing wall, but maybe punch a ole through it (or better yet, just under it) to run the drain pipe just under the footing. > We'll see just how big a PITA it is till warm weather & make up our > mind > about the next step then. Frankly, I am in favor of drilling a well > near the back wall, under the back deck which we should demolish & > rebuild anyway, 12 to 16 feet deep, and installing a pump that > discharges into a culvert leading to the river 3 blocks away as I can > reach a gutter drain that goes there with 20' of 1.5" pvc, just to > keep > the water table depressed. Ideally, a windmill and an old pump jack > but > code might have a dim view of that & it would just be the straw that > broke the camels back come time to mow around it. So we'll likely > wind > up paying for the electrickery to run it. that and it will cause hell with the landscape around your house (trees more likely to die, etc). > Thanks for the explanation. You are welcome. Hope it helps. EBo -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
