Posted by Harsh Potlapalli on February 04, 2002 at 11:30:02:
Hello,
My home has a full unfinished basement. The walls are cinder-block. The back wall is about 45 foot long. About 1/3 down from one end there is a projection that juts out from the wall; this projection is about 3 foot long and goes down the entire height of the wall. It is about 1 course wide.
I am assuming it is there to keep the wall from tipping into the house.
My question is:
Can I knock off the top half of this projection and still retain the safety aspects?
It would greatly improve the "open-ness" of the area if the projection was significantly reduced.
Thanks,
Harsh Potlapalli
hp_7@hotmail.com