Block wall no no's.

[PEG688]

 Here you have  old block building , currently a US post office , built some where early 60's or so.

No rebar , or tie to the slab , little,  or no,  cell fill, little or no tie metal / rebar,













Shifted the wall out for around 9'.














Another example of nice old wood ,









Safe for the weekend , well , unless someone else miss's the brake peddle  




We'll see if John recognize's the place  



No he wasn't the one who hit it , at least I don't think he was  :-/ Come to think of it I never asked who hit it.


But had thsoe cell been filled ,and some rebar placed at the slab level a little less damage would have be done , no one was hurt in the car or post office so maybe more give was good in this case.

 

 

[John Raabe]

So somebody nailed the Greenbank PO!?  

Those block walls could use an upgrade at any rate. I wonder if this will just be working on the damaged part or will it be part of a larger rebuild?

[glenn kangiser]

Wow - that's a relief.   A car hit it.

I thought you did that with your little crowbar, PEG. :-/

[PEG688]

So somebody nailed the Greenbank PO!?  

Those block walls could use an upgrade at any rate. I wonder if this will just be working on the damaged part or will it be part of a larger rebuild?

Yup so old dude missed the brake peddle , and just the damaged part will be worked on .

They maybe should put in a couple of few bollards  

[PEG688]

I thought you did that with your little crowbar, PEG. :-/

I coulda if I wanted to  

[glenn kangiser]

Believe it or not -- I bumped a wall with my crane setting beams on a Foodsco Store and knocked about 14 out of the stupid things.  I mean bumped -- not hit ---- and they just fell right out.  Grout and rebar is what keeps these things together.

[PEG688]

Believe it or not -- I bumped a wall with my crane setting beams on a Foodsco Store and knocked about 14 out of the stupid things.  I mean bumped -- not hit ---- and they just fell right out.  Grout and rebar is what keeps these things together.

Ya they blow over really easy before the floor / roof  is put up as well.

We've had lots of questions about block wall / foundations so this was my first post about what little I know about them .

They are cheap , thats true , generally there reasons things are cheap , and not used often .

Now a lil 2 or 3 block high foundation might be ok , I'd still need to see rebar , filled cells etc before I'd trust one but a 6 or 8  foot wall / foundation , nah not gonna do it!

[glenn kangiser]

Nearly all of the block wall buildings I work on are grouted solid in all cavities.  Seems I only remember a couple that had any hollow spaces - one of them was older.

[desdawg]

I saw something similar at a restaurant recently. Apparently someone thought they needed a drive through for take out orders.

[Amanda_931]

Friend of mine took out a corner of the new addition to the factory I worked in with a forklift.  (I took out a roll-up door or two).  Stand-up reach trucks are fun! (you can buy them with steering that goes either way--they recommend not mixing the two types)