Blattus Slafaly wrote:

MiamiCuse wrote:


I have a kitchen wall with a window on top, below the window are 8" concrete
blocks.

I will be installing a kitchen sink and dish washer along that wall, so I
broke the wall on one side to run the 2" PVC pipe to a vent stack to the
right. The PVC pipe run is over 4 feet long, and in order to run that pipe
and the one below for the dish washer, I had to literally break off one side
of that concrete wall, so that resulted in half the length of that wall
being supported now with just the outside face of the old concrete blocks.
See the pictu

http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w...n/P1020499.jpg

Any idea what is the best way to patch it up? Do I get 4" thick blocks and
built up the front side? Do I frame 2x4s to support it? Do I use ply wood
to cover the front side and pour solid concrete?

Thanks in advance!

MC




I would build a little form and fill in the void with cement, pipes and
all. Otherwise those block backs could buckle.



I don't know about reinforcing walls, but I would incorporate part of
the mold to keep the concrete
off the pipes.........just in case the wall has to be opened up in the
future so's you can do it without
busting pipes.