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2nd Foundation in cellar?
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Within the cellar of our 1801 Gambrel we have found a brick foundation app. 40 inches from the current granite foundation. It runs the length of the granite (current) foundation and is about 20…Continue
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evan j andriopoulos replied to evan j andriopoulos's discussion 2nd Foundation in cellar?"Hi. We have in New London,CT many homes from the 18th and early 19th century with brick foundations and ofc. brick chimineys and lolly columns. The brick wall we found in the basement is seemingly either a support wall for a previous berm that may…"
jane replied to evan j andriopoulos's discussion 2nd Foundation in cellar?"north of you, (in rural area and north of Boston on the seacoast, where I know construction the best,) brick isn't used for foundations at all - brick chimney bases, brick columns, brick floors in basements, brick cisterns in the 1900's,…"
evan j andriopoulos replied to evan j andriopoulos's discussion 2nd Foundation in cellar?"Had thought about that as well however when checking out the land records there was no structure there prior to 1801. The road was opened in 1787 and the neighboring house lot was purchased around that time and a house built in 1792-95. Our lot was…"
evan j andriopoulos replied to evan j andriopoulos's discussion 2nd Foundation in cellar?"Thanks. This I had not heard before but it does make sense. We originally thought that it may have been to store coal but checked the brick and there were no signs of coal , coal dust etc..."
Sean Maher replied to evan j andriopoulos's discussion 2nd Foundation in cellar?"Another possibility was that the house was moved. Moving houses around used to be very, very common, so it's possible you are seeing the remnants of where the house used to be, an old outbuilding, or a previous house. Granite is fancier than…"
David Harris replied to evan j andriopoulos's discussion 2nd Foundation in cellar?"I am not exactly clear on the design you describe but it was common for early houses to be build without a basement, just a crawl space. Much later someone had the money and inclination to build a basement so it would be dug out by hand, The…"
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Within the cellar of our 1801 Gambrel we have found a brick foundation app. 40 inches from the current granite foundation. It runs the length of the granite (current) foundation and is about 20 inches high? Thoughts?
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Posted on October 25, 2009 at 4:13am
Brick Foundation inside of basement
Within the cellar of our 1801 Gambrel we have found a brick foundation app. 40 inches from the current granite foundation. It runs the length of the granite (current) foundation and is about 20 inches high? Thoughts?
Posted on October 25, 2009 at 4:08am
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