Filling A Cinder Block Wall : Large 2 Story Addition

Pouring the Basement walls solid.

[@urnisi]

The top of the wall should have been a bond beam with horizontal rebar so it doesn't spread out later.

[@RCHBuilders]

Thanks for the response. This wall was designed by an engineer and we had to follow his drawings for legal purposes. The wall does have horizontal tie wires on ever other row of cinder block ending with it being in between the last two rows.

[@user-vw9jb6nq9j]

no rebar going though the blocks... yikes one good rainstorm and your walls are caving in buddy. from a landscaper, foundations sink and shift within the first 2years. first row should always have stabilizing rebar pushed upto 3ft in the ground, packed with dirt sand, from the 4th row down to the first row you need to pound rebar into that before the concrete pour, then you should have something stable*

[@RCHBuilders]

Thanks for your comment. If you go back and watch the previous videos, you will see that there is rebar in every other cell of the cinder blocks. Also, in the video where we install the rebar, you will see how we are bending a 3 foot rebar anchor into the solid 12"x24" footer that is poured at the base. That is the better footing for this type of home where we are located.