The Right Footings for Strong Foundations - Fine Homebuilding
PROS: Pier footings are perfectly suited for houses being built on a site with poor soil, because individual footing holes can be drilled down to good soil, or to bedrock if necessary, without having to excavate a large deep trench. Pier footings use less concrete and are a great solution to building elevated homes on steep slopes or in flood ...
Three Types of Footings to Support Foundation Walls
2021年7月2日 · Crushed-stone footings are what Superior Walls likes to see for its precast concrete wall sections. They’re also used for permanent wood foundations. Poured-concrete footings: Frost-depth steel-reinforced concrete footings are common in many parts of the country, particularly beneath basement foundations as shown here. Water-management ...
A Strong Case for Wood Foundations - Fine Homebuilding
PWFs also eliminate a lot of concrete and its associated carbon inputs. We set my home’s foundation panels on concrete footings because Scott and I think it’s far easier to level the footing formwork than the individual panels that make up the foundation. But you can further reduce the amount of concrete in a house’s construction by ...
Slab Foundation for Cold Climates - Fine Homebuilding
2016年9月30日 · Concrete is available in a variety of strengths, with 2500 psi being the code minimum for residential footings. For a few dollars more per yard, I ordered 3500 psi. Because the garage would be unheated much of the time, I also ordered air entrainment, which introduces tiny air bubbles into the mix and reduces the chance of spalling caused by ...
A Solid Deck Begins with Concrete Piers - Fine Homebuilding
A shovel makes up for bad aim. Fill the tubes with concrete until it reaches the nail. The concrete should be just slightly on the wet side, about the consistency of thick oatmeal. As the concrete is poured into the tube, a helper uses a shovel to agitate the mix every 8 in. to 10 in. to work out air pockets. 4. Place anchor bolts accurately.
FOOTINGS; re-bar vs. no re-bar - Fine Homebuilding
2006年3月19日 · Another thought is that 10 years ago 2500 PSI concrete was the norm (code minimum) but now 3000 psi is the norm - or at least for custom houses (thinking over to the Pulte thread). Do yourself a favor - go get yourself a NC residential code book.
FastFoot Footing Form Review - Fine Homebuilding
2009年10月5日 · Houses would be much easier to build if all concrete footings were perfect, but perfection is a monster that feeds on man-hours, especially when working with rough-sawn 2×10 lumber that is wet, warped, and covered in old concrete.
houses without footings - Fine Homebuilding
2003年1月19日 · This consists of tearing up a 12 inch wide path of the concrete basement floor, encompassing the entire floor perimeter. After removing the concrete, a trench is dug approx 16 inches deep and filled with a gravel bed and then a membrane is laid down.
concrete footings for house jacks - Fine Homebuilding
2011年3月24日 · I'm putting in some footings in my basement to set some house jacks on. I was planning to put five 2ftx2ft footings under the length of the beam overhead the problem is after cutting the first hole and digging down about a foot theres water in the hole and is just a wet clay mess. I can push a piece of rebar down another 18 inches easily so what do I need to do to make this suitable to pour a ...
Helical-Pile Footings - Fine Homebuilding
The original design called for concrete footings. However, because the deck was to be built over uncompacted fill, those footings needed to be 14 ft. deep to reach bearing soil. The owner almost abandoned the project after finding that concrete footings would cost $20,000. I was able to save him $8000 with helical piles.