Seeking New Construction Footing Advice
Seeking New Construction Footing Advice
(OP)
My wife and I are building a new home and we discovered this the other day while on the job site. I'm 99.99% sure these footings need to be redone. Given I'm not a structural engineer, will a few experts validate this work needs to be re-done.
Thanks in advance for your expert advice!
Sincerely,
Kevin & Leighann Stejskal




Thanks in advance for your expert advice!
Sincerely,
Kevin & Leighann Stejskal










RE: Seeking New Construction Footing Advice
I'll also assume you are asking only about the relative location of the piers with respect to the columns and not whether the piers themselves are properly constructed (we don't have enough info to determine that).
First, I would consider the eccentricity of the column load on the pier to be unacceptable. Not that your loads are likely that high, but now the load on the concrete is concentrated near its edge thus the stress level in the concrete will be significantly more than if the column were located in the center of the pier.
Since I don't know your location, loading conditions, code requirements or anything else about your design or construction, I can only comment that I would consider the eccentricity to be unacceptable.
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Yes, I am asking about the relative position of the colums within the piers. The piers are made out of three joined 2x6's I believe. As for the exact load conditions, I don't know those either. I'm sure we could find out. The structure is a sunroom which protrudes from the home.
We are located in Cedar Rapids, IA.
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As for the water, it has been removed. The pictures we're taken after a downpour.
The other concrete footings/pads you see in the picture is for an open air deck right off the sunroom.
One other thing to note, the footings are 11' deep into virgin soil.
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In time someone is going to look at that area under these projections and figure maybe enclosing and some other use, like storage of gear like snow mobiles and boats. Is there some risk of that use affecting the supports of the upper facilities? Should not these posts be anchored down? Drive an ATV into them by accident and bad stuff can happen.
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Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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