Structural Work for Older Temple City Houses
Replacing a cracked footing under an older Temple City house runs in order: hold the house up, break out, pour and cure, then bolt the sill back down.
Replacing a cracked run of footing under an older Temple City house starts with holding the house up. Cribbing and short beams take the weight of the floor beside the bad section, then the old concrete is broken out, the trench is formed and reinforced, and new concrete is poured and left to cure. The sill is bolted to it only after the inspector has seen the steel.
Shoring and breaking out
Cribbing stacks go down on firm ground a short way inside the foundation line, with a beam across them under the joists. Small jacks take the weight just enough to relieve the old footing, so plaster upstairs stays put. Anything running through the trench, such as a drain line, is located before digging. The failed concrete is cut at clean lines with a saw, broken out by hand and hauled away. Sound sections on each side are drilled for dowels so the new pour ties into them.
Pour, inspect, then reconnect
Rebar is set in the trench along with the dowels, and the inspector checks it before concrete arrives. After the pour the forms stay until the concrete gains strength, and only then are the jacks lowered so the house settles onto the new footing. New anchors and, where needed, fresh sill lengths follow, then plywood on the cripple walls above. The building department that serves Temple City reviews the engineer's repair detail and inspects each stage. Upstairs, any hairline crack that shows up is patched to match.
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Structural Work in Temple City: common questions
A floor tilting toward an exterior wall, doors that drift or stick and cracks climbing at an angle from window corners are early signs. Under the house, look for a sill without anchor bolts, bare cripple walls and footings with cracks or crumbling edges.
Yes. The building department serving Temple City requires a permit for structural repairs. A basic bolt and brace retrofit may be built from a prescriptive plan. Footing replacement, a moved bearing wall or a new beam calls for an engineer's stamped drawings.
Footing and crawlspace work stays out of the rooms. A beam opening affects only the ceiling and wall nearby. Trim is removed by hand and stored, dust walls go up, and once inspected, the plaster patch is finished flush with the original surface.
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