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  1. redtag2010

    mortar curing time

    I'm rebuilding my block foundation walls. I am doing this in sections. I shored up about a quarter of the two story house and took down the block wall and rebuilt them on the existing footing. Walls are 7 feet tall and I used type S mortar and filled every other cell with rebar and grout...
  2. redtag2010

    Block foundation repair

    I recently bought a house with a block wall foundation. The problem I have is that 3 of the 4 walls are bowing in about 3 inches. There is also a horizontal crack on these walls about mid height 1/4 to 1/2 inch wide. The walls are 7 ft in height from concrete floor to floor joists. I'm...

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