Poured and block foundations both sit on concrete footings, or poured pads that serve as a base for the walls. Footings are constructed in trenches dug beneath the level of the basement floor.

A: Poured concrete and concrete block are the two foundation types that dominate the residential-construction industry here in the USA. I've built buildings using both materials.

In the last 10 years or so, poured foundations are far more prevalent than they used to be. Of course, larger commercial structures have used poured concrete for years, but now that usage is ...

Typically you will see gravel stones as large as 3/4-inch diameter in a poured concrete foundation. A concrete block may have gravel no larger than the size of a pea.

Rich Kubica, owner of K-Wall Poured Walls, LLC has spent his entire life in the concrete foundation and wall business. In fact, one could say Kubica is a visionary for what a foundation and wall ...

You can build a concrete block foundation that’s stronger and more durable than a poured wall as long as the block foundation has lots of vertical and horizontal steel in it and the void spaces ...

Answer: Both building materials _ concrete block and poured concrete _ can yield superior foundation walls so long as they are installed correctly. Builders and subcontractors sometimes fail to ...

The actual wall thickness face shell of the pre-cast foundation wall is 1¾ to two inches. A one-inch extruded polystyrene foam insulation board is incorporated into the inside of each wall section.

The barrier you choose may depend on what type of insulation you plan to install on the concrete - and the condition of the walls. In my own house, I hid the uneven poured concrete foundation ...

Your foundation is basically the same situation. The smaller foundation wall that is only 4 feet tall is a beam. It has air under it just like a steel I-beam on a skyscraper. You have nothing to ...

A client who was buying a home recently negotiated the repair of two vertical cracks in the poured concrete foundation walls. The repair was supposed to be made using a process called epoxy ...