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I just had a new home built, and I have some questions. Admittedly I do not know much about construction, but I have been trying to research.
My first question is does brick have to have a brick ledge? I have a brick skirt around the front of my house about 3-4 feet tall. We had a big rain the other day and some of the dirt washed out from around the house. I noticed the brick was just floating above the ground with no concrete or anything to hold it up. None of the brick was damaged. Around my garage and around the back of the house has a ledge, but the front of the house doesn’t.
My second question is I had some water get in the unfinished basement. I could see water damage about 2 ft up the plywood wall. The contractor sealed around the brick flashing on the outside, and painted that section with kilz. Is this the right thing to do here? That wood was wet (damp) or at least wet stained where I could see the water damage for over 30 days.
My third question is I have a crack in my garage. The garage was built on backfilled dirt. I know the ground was not compacted good before the concrete was poured. I seen a corner of the ground around the garage get washed out during construction, and the contractor filled it up with gravel, then it washed out again. This was a hole under my garage where the concrete was floating a little less than 1 foot above the ground and the hole was about 3 feet deep. Now I have a crack in my concrete floor. From my reading I know concrete does crack. This crack is from one side of the garage to the other. Its not separating much, but it does crack to the expansion joint then pick up on the other side of the expansion joint and go to the other side. Is this ok?
I know its a long post. Thank you for reading and any and all help is much appreciated.
My first question is does brick have to have a brick ledge? I have a brick skirt around the front of my house about 3-4 feet tall. We had a big rain the other day and some of the dirt washed out from around the house. I noticed the brick was just floating above the ground with no concrete or anything to hold it up. None of the brick was damaged. Around my garage and around the back of the house has a ledge, but the front of the house doesn’t.
My second question is I had some water get in the unfinished basement. I could see water damage about 2 ft up the plywood wall. The contractor sealed around the brick flashing on the outside, and painted that section with kilz. Is this the right thing to do here? That wood was wet (damp) or at least wet stained where I could see the water damage for over 30 days.
My third question is I have a crack in my garage. The garage was built on backfilled dirt. I know the ground was not compacted good before the concrete was poured. I seen a corner of the ground around the garage get washed out during construction, and the contractor filled it up with gravel, then it washed out again. This was a hole under my garage where the concrete was floating a little less than 1 foot above the ground and the hole was about 3 feet deep. Now I have a crack in my concrete floor. From my reading I know concrete does crack. This crack is from one side of the garage to the other. Its not separating much, but it does crack to the expansion joint then pick up on the other side of the expansion joint and go to the other side. Is this ok?
I know its a long post. Thank you for reading and any and all help is much appreciated.