House lifted

[cgoods17]

Originally Posted by Andrepont42

you do not need a engineer to draw up a foundation plan for a small job like that. Engineers and ar****ects usually only get involved on general construction jobs, when houses have post-tension slabs, or if custom homes are exceptionally big. I have built houses up to 2200 sqft with just rebar and wire mesh, however most houses we built are post-tension slabs. A typical house footing his 24'' by 24'' with mesh stands in the footing with 4 strands of rebar running through the stands throughout the entire perimeter. From what your describing you are doing you should not need interior footings, I hope this helps.

well i would go out on a limb and say he needs to have a professional design a system that works for his house since it is elevated. all houses are not created equal. obviously this is not a typical house footing since his house is in the air, and im sure it will not be a pt slab as you describe. if it were me i would spend the extra money to have some design somethin specific for my house. this way it will decrease the chances of failure down the road. do it right and do it once.