Russell griffiths

Remember if you take this up In block work you need to treat it like a gable wall. so angled ties at ceiling joists level, then more test at rafter level. the ties stop the wall bowing out and restrain the ceiling and roof rafters, it all works together. with the icf walls you have done there wasn’t such a need as the structure is very rigid and stiff on its own, a block cavity wall can be a bit wobbly.

It wouldn’t as you would have a cavity all the way to the floor. and being an open carport I presume a bit of moisture will quickly dry out if there’s a bit of breeze to blow through it.

You will also need a substantial way of keeping any moisture from behind the render board running backwards into the structure I would use a wide dpc from the top of the ceiling joists downwards to create a tray damp to deflect any moisture outwards.

If render is your preferred finish why are you changing from brick to timber. wouldn’t it be more straightforward to continue up in a concrete block and render that. If you are happier in timber then i w put a dpc on top of the wall, then a treated sole plate first, use this to span the cavity and close the cavity in one go. then ceiling joists on top of sole plate, put noggins between joists and then another sole plate on top of joists then stud wall up from there. you want an angled top plate, or a flat top plate then an angled trimmer to take the metal web roof timbers. that’s a shit drawing.

Before you start any ideas about drilling into this wall you need to actually figure out what the problem is. start by clearing the top area and all that growth that is obstructing you getting a clear understanding of what is going on. it is clear from the picture that the water is running over the top of the wall, it should not be, so figure that out before knee jerking and drilling holes in an otherwise perfectly good retaining wall.

Why do you think it needs reinforcement the weight of the tiles is determined by what base board you fix too, not the stud strength, do you have a picture of it. unless it’s been butchered before it’s probably strong enough. you could add extra noggins into areas that will have fixings, or you could sheet it with plywood before you board it.

Looking at that bigger picture then the land at the top of the retaining wall has been built up too high in my opinion allowing the water to naturally drain off the top and down the face of the wall. get up the top with some gardening tools and cut back all the crap on the fence, scrape back any soil and sit and watch, I bet the mucky area in the corner is the natural run off from above. I would want a drainage channel or a sort of spoon drain up top to prevent pooling water up there running down the face. sort that bit first. the cracks I’m afraid will be very expensive to fix and I would live with them for the minute the small hole has not been filled since the wall was built and is just an easy escape route for water that is behind the wall. sort the top first then let’s see what happens. get a pressure washer on that corner so it’s clean and you can monitor it.

Yes, and re, pointing the original section at the same time the new section is pointed would at least get the pointing to match.

You can definitely replace a section, but no matter how good a bricklayer you find it will always look like a new panel. even if you find the exact brick match the original wall would have aged over time. depends if you can stand seeing a different colour section or if you have the funds to replace the lot.

It’s a concrete poured wall not blockwork.

Why strip the icf, block of compac foam glued to icf, resting hard down onto beam n block. dpm lays on beam n block, folds up face of compac foam and laps onto dpc under door or use liquid dpm on door threshold, bring dpm up from the floor and tape onto liquid dpm.

Looking at your other post have you actually had this built or have you bought an unfinished project ? look at the financial aspect here you might be better re doing some of the work to make moving forward easier and you will end up with a better overall product, instead of coming back in a year asking why your new house is cold.

Come straight up from the block n beam with the compacfoam generous amount of squirty glue onto the icf if you still don’t think this is enough then resin bond a few threaded rods into the icf core and bolt through the compound foam.

The car crash one is an important one as it’s a double joist. get him to install a bolt in the wall in the right bloody location 🤦🏻‍♂️ then sink the nuts in on the wonky ones so they are flush, then re fit the joist hangers correctly Fark me it’s not that hard. why are the bolts at a stupid angle.

They do leak they are the work of the devil, try not to use them, trying to tighten the ring with wet dirty hands is hard work.