Question for Larry or other masons

edj856 · Apr 26, 2011

I need to repair the foundation on my house and need to know what to use. The first picture is of the outside and the second is a picture of the inside. The foundation is solid, it's just the stucco coat breaking away on the outside. The house is about 150 years old if it matters. Thanks.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 26, 2011

Not that kind of Mason, but had to do the same thing on our place. You may get by with just restuccoing it but moisture is prolly your problem like mine. I just dug a ditch the length of the foundation down to a few inches below it and filled it with gravel up to grass level then after the area and what I had chipped out dried and stucco'd again. Been about 8 years and still holding up.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · Apr 26, 2011

Don't forget to check your gutters for clogs and overflows, most moisture problems in foundations are caused by either bad gutters, or a bad grade, that leads water back toward the house.

Adirondack case guy · Apr 26, 2011

It appears to me that for the age of your structure, you are well blessed with very good ventilation and lack of moisture. Normally a wooden member placed directly on a stone or masonary wall would rot out over that period of time. To patch that spot I would remove any flaking stucko,brush well, dampen the surface, and trowel on a patch of colored, modified, (acrilic binder)thinset/stucko.

Walt Davies · Apr 26, 2011

I can that you setting on a good foundation but what is holding those cross beams up. They look like they just butt up against the sill plate. I would have an expert look it over it could save you some money and an old house. Mine was built in 1871 remodeled in 1950 and a full foundation added at that time. But here in this part of the country we are plagued with unstable mud in winter and hard ground in the summer so it's hard to get all the doors to work at the same time.
Walt

edj856 · Apr 26, 2011

The floor joists are notched and sit in joist pockets on the sill plate. It's like a mortise and tenon joint in furniture.

Spook · Apr 26, 2011

Are you a traveling man? ( the other kind of Mason )

Anonymous-0 · Apr 26, 2011

(quoted from post at 19:48:37 04/26/11) Are you a traveling man? ( the other kind of Mason )

yes

IOWA NORTHEAST · Apr 26, 2011

Before you plaster it up with mason cement, mix pure mason cement powder and water in a latex paint consistancy. Then paint the area with a 12 inch wide brush. Let it dry a bit (1/2 hr on a hot day) This makes the contact area vey strong as you have a very strong paint.

If there is any left over, toss it into your masonary mix.

On larger areas, we use a drywall texture gun, and spray it on real fast.

Smooth rock are tough to bond too. Many precast companies do not use washed rock because the cement can't bond as well as crushed stone.

jwmfarms · Apr 27, 2011

So am I, dave2.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 27, 2011

(quoted from post at 07:39:25 04/27/11) So am I, dave2.

Shoot me an email. Be nice to visit with you. You too Spook?

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