×
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS

Log In

Come Join Us!

Are you an
Engineering professional?
Join Eng-Tips Forums!
  • Talk With Other Members
  • Be Notified Of Responses
    To Your Posts
  • Keyword Search
  • One-Click Access To Your
    Favorite Forums
  • Automated Signatures
    On Your Posts
  • Best Of All, It's Free!
  • Students Click Here

*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail.

Posting Guidelines

Promoting, selling, recruiting, coursework and thesis posting is forbidden.

Students Click Here

Jobs

backfill of basement walls

backfill of basement walls

backfill of basement walls

(OP)
I have a dilema here, In the past I have always backfilled my walls without using top restraints on the walls, and so far have neve had a problem, but I want to stress that great care was taken to monitor the wall on backfill, to make sure no bowing or cracking was hapening. Here is my dilema, Im working with a PM who was quite certain he wanted the floor on the building first, before backfill, didnt happen. Time schedule for job would not allow for us to wait on framers, etc. Walls are 8" thick and 10' tall on 20"x10" footings, backfill consisted of 36" of 1 1/2" drain rock topped with class A/B screened ballast placed and compacted in lifts of 18" to a depth of 8' total.
Again I want to stress that great care was taken on monitoring the wall on backfill, we had no movement. I would encourage feedback please.

RE: backfill of basement walls

The structure may be able to function as an "open top box" if the walls are relatively short or there are jogs in the wall. Can the walls span horizontally to the corners or as a 2 way plate. If not, then the walls should be braced.

You should be able to confirm this by calculation.

Red Flag This Post

Please let us know here why this post is inappropriate. Reasons such as off-topic, duplicates, flames, illegal, vulgar, or students posting their homework.

Red Flag Submitted

Thank you for helping keep Eng-Tips Forums free from inappropriate posts.
The Eng-Tips staff will check this out and take appropriate action.

Reply To This Thread

Posting in the Eng-Tips forums is a member-only feature.

Click Here to join Eng-Tips and talk with other members!


Resources