The canal is on salt water. The house will not be on stilts. It will be grade beam & foundation wall.
I was talking with a pile driving company who drove pilings for the neighboring propertys. He said the soil is muck down to about 45-50 feet then bedrock. He said helical piles in this situaion...
I am going to be building a new house bordering a manmade canal in florida. The lots were constructed with poor fill. Typical houses in the area are built with 10"x10" conc piles driven to 15 ton capacity, about 12' on center, grade beams, and block walls. I am considering using helical piles...
