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Looking to see if anyone has any suggestions or experience. My house was built in 1900 with a fieldstone foundation and I’m looking to add on an attached garage. The fieldstone foundation is about 7’ deep with a concrete floor basement. The new garage foundation will be 4’ deep with no...

True, I never actually did the physical labor in erecting forwork, however, I supervised and approved the placing of concrete for foundations walls and piers (along with drilled shafts,footings and pads) on many job sites, without a blowout. Since I was looking at physically doing it myself I...

Thanks for the advice. With some additional searching I found some form rental places.

I understand the concerns. Yes, I'm trying to save some money and that was my reasons for looking at doing it myself, along with doing the finishing work. Another reason for doing it myself, from being on job sites and overseeing the construction of formwork/placing concrete, I learned you need...

Looking at putting in my own foundation for a new house. The basement I'm planning is to have 10' high walls. Any suggestions for the best/easiest way at forming this? I'm currently considering using 10' lengths of plywood with 2x lumber for bracing with tie-backs.