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Restoring a Foundation

I own a 200 year old home in New Hampshire and am questioning the stone foundation which seems to have shifted. I cant seem to find any company that deals with stone foundations. Good luck in your search!
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Restoring a Foundation

I would try contacting a structural engineer, or perhaps an architect, and ask for recommendations/referrals to a masonry company qualified to work on this type of foundations. You may want the engineer to evaluate it anyway since youre considering changing the basic structure of the foundation. Alt...
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Need foundation information - 1902 home

I bought a house built in 1902 about 3 years ago. When I purchased it I did have a home inspector check the foundation and underneath the house to make sure it was structurally sound. He said the foundation was in very good condition and found no problems. I was in the basement, which is probably co...
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foundations

I just bought a house frome the 1950s, the foundations is not cracked. But is comeing off in flakes and there is water damage in the basement. What are my options?
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Limestone Foundation tuck point help

A previous owner of our 1890s home tried to tuck point the entire 6 ft tall by 40 ft long back (walk out from the basement) wall of our beautiful limestone foundation with bags of concrete mixture and covered over alot of limestone areas. It looks like a concrete sculpture in most areas. I hate to s...
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1898 Queen Ann restoration

I just recieved a few quotes to have my foundation roof repaired have central air and heating installed. Im just looking for everyones oppinions about these prices and if they seem about right. The house is a Queen Ann 2317sq. ft. 2-story built in 1898. The house is located in North Texas just outsi...
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1880 foundation

I have an 1880 fixer upper in Northern California that has a solid one foot thick foundation, but some of the edges are crumbly - any product that can hold it all together?
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old vernacular style farmhouse ca. 1840

Hello, First thing I would do is make sure the house if protected from the elements i.e. I would focus my efforts on the exterior first, roof, siding, windows, foundation, etc. and then move on to the interior work. This way you can take your time on the inside without worrying about the outside. To...
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Grants for Individuals

Now for the bad news........none of the Foundations will help you,not that they dont want to help,they cant, where whould it end? way to many propertys and not enough money. Might i suggest taking lots of photos of both the house and its documentation and starting a web page soliciting donations to ...
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No Footer, Mortar over dirt walls

I just replaced 90% of the foundation of a house that was built in the 1870s. It was all underfired brick with no footings. I have been told that they started the first row on top of a oak plank and over the 100 years or so the wood turns to dirt. It seems to me you would still have remnants of the ...
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