Basement/workshop conversion - many questions

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16th November 2008, 07:21 AM
ubeaut

Basement/workshop conversion - many questions

I have a brick veneer home with suspended floors. It is a two story home, with a Hardiplank™ upper level construction. My builder mate (I ain't no builder) tells me I need to be real careful of wind loading. My project is this: The house is built (AFAICT) on sandstone. The internal piers are/were sitting on compacted/undisturbed earth. The building was constructed sometime around 1960 and has no signs of cracking or movement. I removed one row of piers and replaced all remaining piers...

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