Assessing Structural Integrity Of Basement Wall With Horizontal Cracks In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project KlaC1J1401

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I present here some pictures that I took during my field visit -- the basement of the house had some horizontal cracks. The repair was made by installing steel wide flange section strong backs that were fastened to the concrete of the basement slab and the First Floor support joists ...

Assessing Structural Integrity of Basement And Crawl Space Walls of Existing House -- ANAND Enterprises Project KozH1J1401

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I present here some pictures that I took this morning during my site visit

This is an older house of concrete masonry block wall construction for the basement and two crawl spaces. Although there are some horizontal cracks in the block walls and some step cracks in face brick, I did not find anything to be concerned about, The cracks that I observed are not unusual -- the type that one would find in an older building. The building is structurally sound and there are no tell tales of any progressive damage. 

Concrete Placement Roof Deck of New ICF House In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project EneE1BagV1

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Some pictures that I took this morning when I was at the project site this morning