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Residential Foundation Design
Boo1 & Bimr, I appreciate the additional info. I agree on quality of workmanship. I am actually the GC on the project, as I haven't found a builder that I feel I can turn loose that I won't be managing down the road to some degree. That coupled with a lot of builders in the area want the...- Vlaude
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- Forum: Civil/Environmental engineering general discussion
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Residential Foundation Design
I agree a bit of concrete. I believe the code calls for 16" width and 18" depth. There are some houses that have built to code in the development that have had to add piers after some failures. I'd prefer to over design/build than deal with something on the back side. The footing is...- Vlaude
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- Forum: Civil/Environmental engineering general discussion
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Residential Foundation Design
I am curious to get comments on the foundation design provided. 80% of the home builders in the area are constructing a stemwall foundation and 15% are post-tension, with a few other variations. I am looking at beefing up the footings (they are well below the frost line - in the south) and...- Vlaude
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