I'm building a mobile fence and and have limit space to hold down my poles.
I wanted to know what is heaviest material per cubic inch.
Stone, Brick, Concrete… or What?
This is the limited space I have to work with. 10 inches x 5 inches x 2 inches
Concrete – Stone, Brick, Concrete. Which material is the heaviest per cubic inch
brickconcretemasonrystone
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"Is there a good and code-compliant way -- and barring that, just a good way -- to rectify this situation WITHOUT REMOVING THE BRICK OR INTERNAL STRUCTURE?"
No.
"I am planning to remove all of the sheetrock and insulation in the affected rooms, cut the brick ties (most of which are rusted anyway) after supporting the fascia from the exterior, slip housewrap between the studs and the fascia, and then slip a sheet of 4x8 1/2" (or less, I think I saw 1/4") of extruded foam sheathing between the studs and the housewrap. The entire thing will be re-anchored and affixed from the outside using CTP Grip Ties or a similar product. This should provide a watertight, sheathed, and even (insufficiently) thermally broken envelope without having to do any tearout work beyond the sheetrock."
Your plan sounds like it could work, (except for the challenge of slipping 4x8 sheets of anything between studs and your bricks).
As a suggestion, I would use diagonal metal strapping for lateral brace across the studs if you are not using structural sheathing (i.e. foam).
See this article (goto page 2) and below image from finehomebuilding.
It looks like somebody tried to lower the basement floor, going about it in a most dangerous way. With that much dirt removed from beside the foundation is a seriously wrong move, I am glad to see it is still up with not much settling. The cracks you show are minor compared to what I have seen in homes that have simply settled or shifted for one reason or another. You need to have a company come in that specializes in underpinning
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That kind of information is easy to find with google. Here's one of the first that came up for me: http://www.rfcafe.com/references/general/density-building-materials.htm
Concrete - 150 lbs/ft^3
Brick - 120 lbs/ft^3
Crushed stone - 100 lbs/ft^3
Limestone - 171 lbs/ft^3
If you really want some weight, go with cast iron - 450 lbs/ft^3
You're diagram shows 100 in^3 which is 0.058 ft^3
Concrete will be the easiest to work with in this application, but would come to just 8.7 lbs A bit more then a gallon of water (8.3 lbs)