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  1. IronDonut

    House foundation on difficult soil

    Everyone again I really appriciate your advice. I'm an engineer but computer systems are such a different animal than this stuff I'm out of my element. On the timer pile solution a two story school auditorium that will weight a whole lot more than a typical 2 story house. I will contact a...
  2. IronDonut

    House foundation on difficult soil

    Thank you everyone for your replies and input. This situation has me kindof frustrated. The builder basically said it's not worth the effort to build on this land. Meanwhile as you can imagine I paid a huge amount of money to buy the land (maybe mistakenly) so I have to find a way to make it...
  3. IronDonut

    House foundation on difficult soil

    I'm attempting to build a 2 story house on property that I bought a few years back. The land is waterfront land in Florida. Prior to building I had soil borings done. For the first 8 feet the soil is sand and clay with a blow count of 5. From 8 feet to 16 feet I have a layer of loose to very...

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