Monthly Archives: February 2012

Hoboken Brownstone: Steel

Posted on Feb 26, 2012

In the last post we talked about pouring the new basement slab… so now they were ready to start the structural work in the basement. Many brownstones in Hoboken have a beam or bearing wall that runs the length of the building to reduce the overall span for all the joists. Typically the bearing walls will ... Read More

Hoboken Brownstone: Basement Slab

Posted on Feb 5, 2012

On the last post, I talked about digging out the basement. Test holes showed that we could gain an additional 6″ in ceiling height if we aligned the top of the new slab with the top of the existing footing. If we went deeper, we would have to underpin the foundation or create a new ... Read More