Re: Heya Larry! Have a masonry question for ya.

Posted by JDseller on March 25, 2011 at 19:42:43 from (208.126.196.144):

In Reply to: Heya Larry! Have a masonry question for ya. posted by State of Jefferson on March 24, 2011 at 20:18:47:

I have replaced the sill on several old rock basements. They did not have any mortar on them just sand and clay mix. To keep from loosening the rock I used a masonry hole saw not a hammer drill. I was able to drill a two inch hole about three feet down into the walls. I then bent a hook on some stainless steel threaded rod. I put it down in the hole. I then mixed silica sand and Portland cement at 2 to 1 ratio of sand to cement. I have found that silica sand mixed with a lot of Portland cement is real strong. The silica sand is clean so you get a better bond.

I had to tear out part of one wall, a few years later, to put in an outside entrance. It was hell getting the rock wall apart where the rod and cement bonded it all together. The oldest is twenty years old now and seems to be holding very well.

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