The home-owners wanted an extension to the Garage which would be used as a Workshop. While working on the addition, the contractor noticed some problems with the East side concrete block masonry wall of the Garage.

The East wall is an exterior wall and the ground slopes on the outside towards south by some eight feet. I joined the contractor in looking at the situation. The footing is pretty much at grade level, and the ladder cracks in the wall indicate that the wall is settling towards the South.

Here we are looking at the East wall of the Garage. It is concrete block masonry. The finished grade slopes down to the South. on the inside is the Garage slab over fill that is retained by the wall. The footing for the wall is pretty much at finished grade ... Picture 1