Unanswered Questions
369 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Can water percolation pit affect RCC column and footer
We have water percolation pits installed around the house to handle waste water from kitchen , washing machine and bathroom.
I worry whether this water percolation pit can affect the RCC column and ...
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How should I repair a crack on my garage slab at the overhead door line?
We recently bought a house with a garage attached to it. Like many garage concrete slabs, it is cracked, just outside of the garage door (see picture).
Since the area sees a lot of car/motorcycle ...
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Reinforcing concrete wall of outdoor hot tub?
I just bought a home with a hot tub/pool in the backyard, and the hot tub is slightly elevated over the pool, and designed so that water will flow over the side of the tub and into the pool below (...
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Drilling holes in crawl space block foundation
I did a crawl space encapsulation myself. I used foundation pins to secure the vapor barrier to the walls every 16". Unfortunately, my walls were so wet I couldn't use a butyl tape like the ...
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Help! Is our contractor skimping on us on our basement foundation repair?
Our contractors just finished a job to completely redo one of our basement foundation wall, but we have some questions about the quality of the work.
They assured us it was fine, but is it normal to:
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Solutions for roof drainage with large amounts of water/ice?
My new shop is 30x60, single sloped the LONG way (water drains along 60 feet). This is making for some large amounts of water coming off the end during storms, which makes washouts on the sloped ...
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How do we add removable concrete plinth protection to an existing building
There is a short concrete wall and there's building main wall.
The water collects between the gap and this goes into the foundation.
I want to build the plinth protection above the height of Short ...
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How can I preserve posts protruding through a patio?
I am having a patio poured where there was once a deck. There are 2 large 8x8 posts on piers, and the posts will be about 3-4” below the new concrete surface. They have concealed plate hardware ...
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How to repair small concrete retaining wall
I have a small retaining wall between the walk at the back of the house, and a flower bed. The wall also support small pillars for a roof overhang.
There is a break in the wall, that over the years ...
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My screened in porch with concrete slab for flooring smells like dirty feet at night
I purchased a home that at the time was an open porch with a concrete slab as a floor (painted).
Early in 2021, I had it screened in and wanted to paint the concrete a different color. I stripped/...
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Concrete ceiling in bathroom, already painted once and flaking
We removed the popcorn from the concrete ceiling in our bathroom and it got primed and painted. Paint flaked from the get go (not just in that room) but got really really bad over time. Peeling ...
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I have an old porous "fruit cellar" of stone/concrete mix crumbling apart. How can I close it off and fill it in? Same with an old leaky cistern
Our house is almost 100 and has a fruit cellar crumbling below our front porch. We had it repaired 3 times but given it is made of a stone/concrete mix the foundation repairs continue to crumble & ...
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Any problem pouring concrete in layers because of the capacity of the mixer
I'm making a 9' x 8' x 3" slab as part of a repair to my driveway. The old driveway concrete has been removed from this space. The new concrete will abut the original driveway on both sides. I'm ...
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Extend/splice 12/2 romex along concrete finished wall
I would like to extend some wiring for a counter outlet that is running behind a refrigerator, which currently encased in a metal "cable concealer" raceway. Note: wiring is in a raceway because most ...
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Iron bar set in concrete heavily corroded; how to mitigate?
I have a decorative concrete column (solid concrete with rebar) in front of a multi-storey house, about 10m hight. Said column is held by three thick steel bars (6 x 2 cm) that link it to the house, ...
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