John Dirks Jr Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 From time to time I see trenched out walls in crawlspaces. What's happening here? Is this an attempt to manage water or did the builder neglect to fill the trench back in after original construction? Depending on all things considered, I can go either way sometimes. Although, a trench to direct water towards a footer is not a good idea in my opinion. Click to Enlarge 47.04 KB Click to Enlarge 39.2 KB Click to Enlarge 50.22 KB
Garry Sorrells Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 Masons were ahead of the backhoe and would not stop for anything or anyone.
Erby Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 Builder was just to cheap to excavate the whole crawl space to the same depth. Dug the trenches for the footers and left it at that!
mlparham Posted September 6, 2015 Report Posted September 6, 2015 Builder was just to cheap to excavate the whole crawl space to the same depth. Dug the trenches for the footers and left it at that! Yes.
mjr6550 Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 I have seldom seen that. I'm going with the didn't bother to excavate fully and did not backfill either.
Jim Baird Posted September 7, 2015 Report Posted September 7, 2015 ...around here that is very common. Framing got going real fast, only backfill is outside. 8" block can take up to 4 courses w/o balanced fill on inside.
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