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Masonry Piers in Crawl Space

 
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Joined: 02 Sep 2009
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Location: Manasquan, NJ
PostPosted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:33 am    Post subject: Masonry Piers in Crawl Space Reply with quote
The residential building code is not clear as to the minimum size a masonry pier can be in a crawl space. Some contractors will say 16" x 16" and some say 8" x 16". I have seen one house where the pier was made of 1/2 blocks making it 8" x 8". Where is the code reference? Since the piers are very short (4 to 5 blocks high) all configurations will work by calculation but architects and contractors do not know how to determine capacity. Do you have a guideline?
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