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Hey all, It's been awhile, but I wanted to let you know that we were able to successfully fix our basement drainage issues and reinforce our foundation, with the help of our structural engineer. I've posted my blog entry about the process below. Thanks for your assistance...

This looks like a promising approach, thanks Nealtw. I have an email out to the engineer re the structural issues, will let you all know what he has to say. After that we'll figure out the draining and I'll post an update. Thanks again!

Good point Nealtw. I'll ask our structural engineer if he thinks we need to under pin the wall. BridgeMan, thanks for the suggestion on the drain-tile / sump pit- we're working on a drainage solution, I'll pass your suggestion on to hubby. And you are right, he definitely deserves an...

To clarify, the brown strip is concrete, but the width is no wider than the CMU block sitting on top of it.

Thanks Nealtw. We are on city sewer. My husband cut out a strip section further along the wall today, more photos attached. It does have some more depth to the foundation further along the wall, away from the plumbing, probably 16 - 18" below ground level. Is this enough to tie a strip footing...

You are definitely correct that there is not much of a foundation along that wall with the plumbing (the north wall). The front of the house (east wall) has a more substantial foundation, which also includes a strange CMU wall. I don't think the house originally had much of a basement or...

Hello forum! This is my first post, although I've been reading many posts here with great interest. I'm impressed by the knowledge and experience you all seem to have. My husband and I are gutting our 1931 farmhouse in South Seattle, starting in the basement, of course. We have uncovered...