Well, spoke with my excavation sub and he assures me he can compact it. He said he will much the hole, fill the bottom and sides with gravel and compact 8" lifts with selected site soil. He said he was bringing compaction equipment for the french drain anyway so it would not be a problem. No...
Yes and no. A little more direction as to the solution would have been helpful, but they are not there to engineer.
I think my solution is a s follows: I'm moving the house back 5'. Filling the bottom of the hole with gravel and a perforated pipe connected to the french drain and compacting...
Thanks Again Ron and everyone. I have a permit and I've tried to talk with them twice but get non comital answers. Basically I figure it out and they will let me know if I got it right. I contract to the US Dept. of Energy, this is a typically gov't answer. Can't blame them though. If i...
Thank Ron. The county inspector suggested I backfill 6" at a time and tamp. The footings sub wants me to get an geo engineer and the excavation sub wants to fill with #57 stone. I may just shift the house back 5' and deal with more fill around the whole house.... Since none of my local...
We have begun excavation on my house where I've taken on the pleasure of being the GC. I had a large Sweetgum tree removed which was in line with the front of the house. After laying out the footings, the hole where the tree was is exactly where the corner of my foots for the grarage wall. My...
