5 good reasons to raise the plinth brick on a concrete strip foundation

Builders have a secret technique - build a concrete base ceramic brick. To learn why and how to do it is legendary ...

Now seriously. If you still do not know why brick plinth to raise, it means you do not need. But it is interesting to know why it is so because others are doing... so read to the end.

Many times I've seen increasing basement masonry. I reject the case when the "must do no worse than the neighbor." Only five reasons for this decision.

It is terrible to be concreted to the full height

The higher the formwork, the greater the chance that it "inflate" the concrete during pouring. It is necessary to know how to strengthen the shields. Buy inventory timbering on one fill unreasonably expensive, and take it out does not always work.

Professional concrete workers, of course, suffer such nonsense with a clutch never will. But samostroyschikam easier, safer and most importantly, make the monolith at 20-40 cm above the ground, and reached the height of masonry project.

Again, the power changed

When building a house for the first time, and next to no experienced people who can give advice, it turns out a lot of mistakes.

First concreted low plinth, then began to think of other details. Figured level layout, add height paving and blind area, we saw that in the spring in the yard of standing water and should be done podsypku. It was found that the level of the foundation should be lifted. Simply make it a brick than to build the formwork and pour concrete.

Not to get the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Even shabashniki who poured the foundation is not the first time, often kosyachat and make the plane is not on the horizon. The reasons are many: a mistake when exposed timbering, boards sagged or "floated" on the casting, not enough concrete and had to stretch it "by eye". One way to zero output plane base - to erect several rows of masonry.

At one customer site gave me a "interrogation", figuring out whether the level of the foundation. It turned out that his friend "Wizards" made a vertical drop of about 35 cm. Yes, it happens sometimes.

When laying cheaper monolith

If we calculate the materials and work, concreting is less expensive and time, by the way, faster. But there is one "but" - access to Freestuff materials. It happens that a lot of bricks left over after the other building and it should be used. Sometimes it is possible to buy a used / y blocks acceptable geometry. Then the construction industry is changing in favor of the laying of the base of the brick.

If you want to do everything for Science

A couple of times faced with the fact that the builders closed brick ends of the plates.

Pedestal floor made of w / b pustotok. The outer contour of the walls to the top plates raised brickwork (just obtained three rows). Doing so aerated concrete was homogeneous in base density of the walls. If by the interior of the block durable concrete, but under external concrete, may crack after shrinkage. I do not advocate such a solution, but it has the right to life.

If you need to raise the plinth brick, use the full-bodied cold-resistant blocks. About frost the way, I wrote in a separate article.

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