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  • May 2, 2015, 11:30 AM
    caltomsmi
    How do you tie new foundations from an extension to existing foundations?
    Thanks.
  • May 2, 2015, 11:41 AM
    smoothy
    Someone doing that sort of work... really needs to be experienced in these sorts of things. Or they might fail and cause huge issues with the structure.
  • May 2, 2015, 11:52 AM
    caltomsmi
    Its hypothetical, I just need to know how, I'm not actually going to do it
  • May 2, 2015, 12:10 PM
    smoothy
    They will all be mechanical ties. Some better than others. Some more suitable in certain situations than others.
  • May 2, 2015, 06:10 PM
    ma0641
    If it is a slab, foundations are usually extended by coring into the old slab and tying rebar to the new foundation. Footing the same. If a block wall, they should remove every other corner or wall section block and connect the new wall to it. Sometimes they use bent rebar and fill the block cores.

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