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Diagonal crack in foundation

Diagonal crack in foundation

RE: Diagonal crack in foundation

That's not a crack; that's imperfect consolidation and possibly a cold joint. It looks like they may have put the concrete nozzle at the peak where those two parged joints come together and just left it there while the concrete flowed out. If that's for the basement of a house you should be ok.

RE: Diagonal crack in foundation

(OP)
Yes, it is for a house. You are right, it is not a crack, it is where one truck was empty and they had to wait for another truck. Sorry, I described it bad in my original post.

RE: Diagonal crack in foundation

as long as it doesn't leak... What type of foundation?

Dik

RE: Diagonal crack in foundation

(OP)
8" Concrete wall for a single family home (modular).

RE: Diagonal crack in foundation

That mix was a bit dry to begin with, look at all those bugholes. Still, for a basement wall that's nothing I would outright reject. I'd core it a few times to make sure you got a good bond between the pours and also between the parge and the wall concrete. I've had this happen before were there was little to no bond across the cold joint, but thankfully we had enough rebar crossing the joint that we deemed it sufficient. I imagine this basement wall is too lightly reinforced to be sufficient if there is a lack of bonding.

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RE: Diagonal crack in foundation

Is the "honeycomb" also visible on the other side of the wall? What vertical reinforcing is in the wall?

EIT

RE: Diagonal crack in foundation

(OP)
There was supposed to be vertical rebar at 48" o.c. spacing and three rows of horizontal rebar.

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