Why Does Concrete Crack? There are many causes for cracking in concrete: overload; earth movements (settlement, frost heave, consolidation, soil shrinkage, soil expansion, landslide, etc.); material shrinkage; impact; etc. This article considers shrinkage. What is shrinkage in concrete? Shrinkage occurs… Read More
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A Lifted (Heaved) Basement Floor Slab
What would cause a concrete basement floor slab to lift in this fashion? The basement floor slab was lifted up about eight inches or so. The area of floor slab over the sanitary sewer lines was lifted more than the… Read More
Cinder Concrete Floor Deck
Cinder concrete was an early development in concrete floor construction. It was appeared about one hundred years ago or so, when engineers and builders started combining steel and concrete to frame a floor. It was a method that used a… Read More
What If I Don’t Fix My Leaking Basement?
What can happen if I don’t properly address groundwater infiltration through my basement wall? That is, assuming that the basement or foundation wall is not overloaded by the combination of earth and excessive groundwater pressures, what could possibly go wrong?… Read More