On May 4, 12:46*pm, "gore" wrote:
"ransley" wrote in message

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On May 4, 9:34 am, "gore" wrote:





I have a home built in 1848. It has a stone foundation that has sunk and
has
been sunk for several decades (I can tell this by the way the previous
owners who remolded in the 60's just made the baseboards wider to
compensate
for the sagging floor). This morning I was walking the dogs and noticed a
section of the outside wall had fallen out. It looks like this has been a
trouble spot before because there are different types of mortar and cement
from previous repairs. I have some links to pictures and what I am hoping
is
what I need to repair this, but I was wondering if anyone had any better
ideas or advice on how I can permanently fix this. I am by no means a
mason,
and I think I am going to have a problem situating the stones back in
where
they would actually do something structural rather than just lay in there.
Any suggestions?

Thanks
Shane

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Its good the pics were fairly high resolution, I was able to zoom in
to see more. It looks like as you said its all stone. Its probably all
junk and only sand is left, the portland cement is gone. Past repairs
were hack work. It should be supported now inside with screw jacks and
wood under and above, so it doesnt collaps more , and actualy raised
if its sinking, its something you can do that is raised over time. The
stone should come out and probably use block and reface it with your
stone so it looks original. *Go buy about 6 -20$ screw jacks and some
4x4 and support the corner, You may not have a footer and it could be
a big job. Post some of the interior.

OK, I took some pics of the inside. When we purchased the house, the
previous owners told us that part was a crawl space and was dug out using a
shovel and 5 gallon buckets in the 1940's. So its about 6' deep and there is
about a 3 - 4 ft. cement ledge that is about 3 feet high inside the
basement. The span is probably 24 ft.What sucks for me is the previous
owners did replace the stone with block on the front of the house and the
side of the house, but left the stone in the back of the house. The beam at
the top of the stone looks like about a 6x6.
Thanks
Shane

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The inside isnt as bad but the discolored dark area is probably from
water from bad mortar , Its likely mold. You just cant take old moldy
stone and put mortar on it it has to be cleaned, you need a few pros
out to bid on it