I recently had a bee problem where a colony took up residence inside the concrete wall of my house.
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A few strategically placed boards and a bit of ingenuity cemented this proble.
A load bearing wall is one that supports the structure or structures above it.
Correct placement of the rebar helps prevent the concrete around openings from cracking from structural loads or shrinkage.
In addition to being an eyesore a hole in an exterior concrete wall of your home creates a point of weakness in the structure that can allow moisture to penetrate.
Steel reinforcing bar around openings is a critical structural element of cast in place concrete walls whether they are built with removable forms or insulating concrete forms icfs.
To provide an opening in it it is necessary to transfer the weight of the load above this new opening to the sections of wall either side by means of a lintel.
Steel lintels in concrete block walls are placed in the mortar between blocks so the first step will be opening a space for the lintel itself.
With the intended position of the lintel marked on the wall carefully use an angle grinder or masonry saw to cut away the mortar.
Once inside the wall moisture.
We have since taken care of that issue but in order to do that the contractor had to bust 4 5 baseball to softball size holes in the exterior walls.
This can be simply the floor roof or the top half of the same wall you are working on.
Watch our hang a shelf on a brick wall.