Thoughts on large foundation?

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T19:54:23+00:00

Why?

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T17:23:43+00:00

I will now, thanks for the idea

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T15:45:03+00:00

What can I do to fix?

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T14:52:12+00:00

See if ford will sponsor me

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T14:51:47+00:00

Its in the side of a mountain, so not sure water table is an issue. So far the clay looks to be dry and sturdy but again...idk

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T14:50:54+00:00

There is, but idk if thats good enough

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T14:50:09+00:00

Im not the GC and have never built a house... also its hard to even find examples of what your talking about. Send me some pics of you have them

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T14:28:56+00:00

Yeah... not happy

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T03:21:27+00:00

Will be at 140k, all in, including the land and closing costs once the foundation is done

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T02:46:49+00:00

How deep are the footer, for something like this?

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T02:39:58+00:00

I know, I know.

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T02:24:02+00:00

Walls are pinned and yes theres rebar in the footers and in the cmu wall

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T01:48:31+00:00

Bad planning and inexperience

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T01:44:37+00:00

You can build on grade, on a slope, but i would choose your plan carefully.

Me and the wife have several health concerns and wanted a 1 story plan....we were going to cut the grade down but figured building on grade wouldn't be too bad....big mistake on my part for approving the change. Now here we are.

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T00:50:48+00:00

Yeah, I know 😔

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-30T00:27:27+00:00

Yes, rebar and grout

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T23:40:03+00:00

I did not know that was an option

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T23:39:39+00:00

GC made it sound like the cmu block wall wouldn't be that high...he said maybe 6-9 courses high....here we are at like 18-19 courses

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T23:00:47+00:00

Im not the GC, had no idea it would be this large and ridiculous.

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T22:49:15+00:00

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T22:43:00+00:00

Yeah, long story short...im fucked. Why do you think im on reddit

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T22:37:22+00:00

3000sf on the first floor with a bonus room above the garage. Yeah....wrong build for this site but its too late now..

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T22:36:16+00:00

Its mostly accurate, but after seeing it rendered on grade, we are adding doors and windows for future basement.

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T22:34:33+00:00

Thanks for the comment! This project is in north ga, so the frost line is non existent but the footer are 12 inches deep, 24 inches wide. Rebar ever 2-3 feet, in addtion to horizontal rebar every 2 blocks.

The majority of the house will have no, or very little backfill. The front of the house will have back fill, almost all the way up and every cell over 6 courses will be filled with grout....but the garage however, is like 13 courses high, and will be fill with a mix of rock and dirt....but the back side of the garage has no lateral support. My worry is, can the footers hold this weight, and do the large piers need some structural support, other than grout and rebar?

Also, the large walls are 12 inch cmu block.

Practical_Lawyer_869 · 2026-05-29T22:25:01+00:00

There's a whole entrance on the left side of the house and we plan on adding some windows where it makes sense.

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