Project: New Sharon Full Replacement

A close-up of a bricklayer setting bricks for a new basement wall.

The Client’s Basement Needs

This client owned this house for one year before two sections of the foundation completely collapsed. This house was only 10 years old and needed a full replacement of all the basement walls.

Our Solution

All 212’ and 17’ corners of 9’ basement walls needed to be removed and replaced with new structurally sound walls. The existing walls were untreated OSB plywood and untreated 2×8 studs. This house was a custom built home by the previous owner who lived in the house for 9 years prior to selling it. The new owners had a home inspection prior to purchase and no red flags came up, but little did they know the finished basement had a rotten perimeter.

Our solution was to excavate a trench 5’ to 6’ around the house, remove the old rotten walls, dispose of them, and replace them with new 8” concrete clock walls reinforced 24” on center with ¾” rebar grouted solid. The house did have a good and adequate concrete footing that we were able to reuse. We did the project in 5 phases so that the owners could still live in the house during construction. This project was a very large undertaking, but our crew of 3 journeymen masons and 1 helper knocked it out in around 6 weeks.

A close-up of a bricklayer setting bricks for a new basement wall.
A close-up of a bricklayer setting bricks for a new basement wall.

Products We Used

  • New 8” fire-rated, dry block-treated, concrete block
  • Henry Blue skin foundation waterproofing on the bottom 3’ of the wall
  • Henry 789 Dampproofing tar
  • DMX brand dimpled drainage matting
  • New 4” drain tile
  • 12” minimum of new ¾” riverrock
  • 3 new steel Monarch egress wells, ladders, and lids
  • 3 new inswing egress windows with bond beam lintels
A collapsed basement wall before Basement RX completed a full basement wall replacement.
A collapsed basement wall before Basement RX completed a full basement wall replacement.
A close-up of deteriorated wooden foundation before Basement RX completed a full replacement of basement walls.
A wide-view shot of a one-story house before Basement RX completed a full foundaito
A close-up of dirty foundation stuck along an old wooden foundation before Basement RX did a full foundation replacement.
A view of a Basement RX employee shown through the egress window cut-out during the basement foundation replacement.
A close-up of the old foundation wood before Basement RX did a complete foundation replacement.
Large holes in a basement's old wooden foundation before Basement RX completed a full replacement.
Two excavators waiting outside of a house to start excavating for the basement foundation replacement.
Two Basement RX journeymen working on laying the bricks for the new basement walls.
The start of bricks being laid for new basement walls.
A newly-installed egress window after Basement RX performed an entire foundatio replacement.
A new basement foundation after Basement RX did a complete replacement.
A close-up of tar and wrap on the outside of the foundation walls after Basement RX performed a full replacement.
A new basement foundation after Basement RX did a complete replacement.
Two Basement RX crew members installing an egress window well after completing a full foundation replacement.
A close-up of the wrapped foundation wall after Basement RX completed a full foundation replacement.
A close-up of a wooden foundation with insulation before the Basement RX crew completed a full replacement.
A close-up of a wooden foundation with insulation before the Basement RX crew completed a full replacement.
A basement foundation after Basement RX completed a full replacement.
A view inside of a garage with a rectangular hole in the floor that leads down to where the Basement RX crew is working to replace the crawlspace foundation
A Basement RX journeyman mason standing in a pit as concrete is being poured for a full foundation replacement.
A Badger-brand concrete truck waiting outside of a house to pour cement.
A look into a basement as the Basement RX crew works to complete a full foundation replacement.
A progress picture of a new foundation being laid by Basement RX.

Get in Touch With the Basement Experts

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