Sure. I see what you mean.
I do have the contractor.
I just want to get some rough ideas here so that he cannot cheat me on this. Coz I feel like he will treat me like a dumb and say this is how it is and we cannot make the elevation any higher than this.
Thank you all for the recommendation.
The fundation will be made of concrete.
I am planning to make the footings taller. Say, pile another 3-4 feet thick concrete on top the current footings. And we will start from there.
Will this be the simpliest?
sorry, maybe I used the wrong term. What is beams and what is footings? The thing I am describing here is the very first step. The 1-2 feet wide, 1-2 feet deep concrete lines along the location of the walls of each room. And also along the frame of the house. I think it's beams for each room and...
The house is in Utah. I haven't checked with city though.
Let's assume there is no legal issue (i.e. city allows daylight basement), and the environment condition allows the action (i.e. doesn't require reinforcement whatsoever).
Look at the house only.
The foundation right now is just with...
We are starting to build a new house.
However, the foundation was put too low. Concrete is like 2-3 feet below where they should sart with.
We stopped right there after we've done the beams. Slab is not there yet.
Is there a quick patch we can do to raise the foundation?
Just from technical...
