Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
(OP)
I was asked to review an existing house basement (40 yrs old +/-) that has cracked full height vertically at the corners. I have never seen anything like it because they look like shrinkage cracks, but rather than occuring at the centre of the walls, or at some windows, they are in the corners. There is no displacement, there are no other cracks, I'm sure there is no reinforcement, and I can't come up with a reason for the cracks. The walls are not terribly long, 30' X40' or so. Any ideas?






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RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
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RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
RE: Concrete cracking in basment wall corners
Eric McDonald, PE
McDonald Structural Engineering, PLLC