The original footing is 8 ft below grade w/ weeping tile around House. The addition will be block wall and the house is a poured wall. Addition footing will only be 4 ft deep. Do I attach this to original house? And how?
2006-07-23 15:00:49 · 8 answers · asked by LRB B 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
no you do not need to tie the foundation or footings to the original house. you will run the new floor joists perpendicular to the original one. Remove the siding and sheeting that is on the original house and replace it with Sheetrock. as long as you put the new footings below the frost line there should be no noticeable steeling of the new addition. You should also run the drain tile around the new foundation....After reading other peoples responces you are laying cinder block for the new foundation the cinder block will not support the strain of the re-bar. if you do a poured wall then yes you would tie them together. With block it wouldn't do any good
2006-07-23 15:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes you do need to tie it in. Depending on the age of the house, it has already settled some and the new addition will settle but probably at a faster rate and could cause problems with cracked foundations, cracked walls, doors that won't open, etc.
Drill holes in the original foundation and epoxy in smooth reinforcement bar. On the new foundation drill holes in the blocks ( I assume you are using "cinder blocks") and as you are building the new footing drill holes in the blocks where they mate up on the new wall. Fill the void in the block with concrete to insure the rebar stays in place.
p.s. It might be to your advantage to dig down to about 5 feet and pour a reinforced concrete footing about 12 inches thick and then place the blocks on that. It will give you a much more secure foudation. The new footing will be much less likely to shift.
2006-07-23 15:10:57 · answer #2 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-03-16 04:10:25 · answer #3 · answered by Shane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you need to tie into original footings. just drill holes in footing every couple feet and stick some rebar into the holes. tie this rebar to the rebar in your new foundation on the addition. pour the concrete and your good to go.
2006-07-23 15:06:30 · answer #4 · answered by T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your best bet would be to tie in by drilling some holes and putting some sticks of rebar into the old to tie it all together.
2006-07-23 15:06:06 · answer #5 · answered by x98lbwuss 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whether to tie in the footings depends on many things. You can do it both ways depending on drainage types of footings how they will meet etc. You need to ask your architect this question as he will have all the info needed to tell you the answer.
2006-07-23 15:20:10 · answer #6 · answered by songbird092962 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your footings should be fine as long as both are below frost level.
2006-07-23 15:04:13 · answer #7 · answered by daffyduct2006 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes just drill some holes and use some rebar
may not be required but the real question is do u wanna chance having to have it be redone??
2006-07-23 18:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by hillbilly271 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋