Footing Detail
Footing Detail
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I am interested in your opinions on this footing detail. Notice that there is no joint between the footing and the slab on grade.
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RE: Footing Detail
Personally, I would add continuous bars across the bottom of the footing, in lieu of a hooked dowel in each direction.
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Otherwise it acts like a big crow bar and levers your wall, distressing it.
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We have been using similarly detailed footings for years in Kentucky and Tennessee with satisfactory performance. A contractor recently questioned the need for a joint between the slab and the footing.
To respond to a few of the comments above:
The footing depth is always below the recommended depth by code.
Vertical masonry reinforcement is provided including embedment depth/lap splice of dowels.
Space under the slab is always backfilled with crushed stone.
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A little more concrete, but a lot less hassle.
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)
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In reality, we'd never do this detail, we'd always have the slab separate from the wall and only dowelled at the doors.
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msquared48,
Could you elaborate? It sounds intriguing but I'm afraid I wasn't able to follow it.
[Edit] Wait, it may have just hit me. You're referring to making the stem wall 14" wide, bearing the slab on a 2" portion of it and building the CMU wall on the remaining 12" portion of it? Did I get that right?