Hi,
Some friends purchased an older home(1940's) with a poured concrete perimeter foundation. They would like to tear the roof off and build a second story. The problem is it has no footing. As far as we can tell the soil is mostly sand and small rocks.
My question is whether an engineer will...
Hello All,
I have posted and discussed on this topic here before but would like further input, thanks in advance.
I started building a single family home in western Washington state the Spring before last. During the dig for the crawlspace we encountered clay to my surprise. I was expecting...
My engineer designed my foundation for 1500 psf soils because there was no geotech report and it's my understanding that it's standard practice to design down to a conservative number.
My question is what kind of force does a typical two story, wood framed house exert on the soil? How much does...
I am wondering if soils under foundations are typically assumed to be wet? They are in the earth, after all.
We make foundation drains, but is the point of these to keep the the supporting soils dry? Or to keep bulk water out of the foundation for other reasons?
I am still trying to...
There is a lot of talk about expansive clay and the havoc it can cause on structures.
But what about the rest of the clays? Do they not expand and contract at all? I imagine there is a spectrum.
Hello All,
I am working on a perimeter foundation with a footer that is 16 inch wide and 6 inches tall. The stemwall height is 2 feet. This is a single story residence with a one-room second story.
The footer is sitting on undisturbed, dense clay in western Washington State. I have heard of no...
