Renovating And Adding Second Floor To Existing LakeFront House In SouthEastern Michigan -- ANAND Enterprises Project HenD1J1401

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I present here some pictures of the Second Floor framing and roof trusses -- beautiful work by Doug and Dave, and crew -- renovating and adding Second Floor to the existing LakeFront -- so without further ado her we go ...

First Floor Cosntruction Using ICF (Insulating Concrete Form) Lite-Deck -- ANAND Enterprises Project EneE1HunD1

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The First Floor Construction Using ICF (Insulating Concrete Form) Lite-Deck will not only provide for great thermal insulation but will also provide for great sound insulation. In the following I present some pictures for your viewing pleasure ...

Fixing Deteriorating Steel And Wood Posts In Basement Of Existing House -- ANAND Enterprises Project RooJ1J1401

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In the following I present some pictures related to the project in SouthEastern Michigan

Look At First Floor Fire Damaged Joists In Existing House -- ANAND Enterprises Project RobR1J1501

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In the following I present some pictures of the First Floor support joists that I took from the basement

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