Fabricated foundation wall

Abstract

A fabricated foundation wall is constructed in soil below grade level and has three major components. The first is a basement wall grid which includes a lower beam mounted on spaced piers. A plurality of vertical support members are spaced along and extend upwardly from the lower beam. An identical upper beam spans and is attached to upper ends of the vertical support members. The second component is an outer wall structure which attaches to and extends across the outer surface of the basement wall grid and extends below the lower beam to form an air void. The third component is an inner wall structure which includes lower and upper tracks attached to the lower and upper beams, respectively, and which receive a plurality of laterally spaced vertical studs each having inner surfaces which are flush with the inner surfaces of the vertical support members for attaching wall sheathing. A basement floor support channel is mounted across the inner surfaces of the vertical support members for receiving the ends of a plurality of laterally spaced floor stringers for forming a basement floor structure. An upper floor support channel is mounted across the upper surface of the upper beam for receiving the ends of a plurality of laterally spaced first floor stringers. These channels and stringers may be made of metal or other suitable material.