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[LouNY]

That would be close to impossible here. You can hardly ever dig that deep here. You’d be rock hammering for months.

Have to so here, when my brother built his house they had a D-8 with a single shank ripper to break up the rock, and excavators with hammers are frequently used.
It makes absolutely no sense to me, if you are solidly situated on bed rock it shouldn't require a footing deeper then that.
The stated reasoning is that the bottom of the footer is to be below the frost depth so as to eliminate frost heaving,
when you get to actual bed rock I don't believe that is an issue.
But building codes are not written or enforced by individuals with actual knowledge.

 

[4570Man]

Have to so here, when my brother built his house they had a D-8 with a single shank ripper to break up the rock, and excavators with hammers are frequently used.
It makes absolutely no sense to me, if you are solidly situated on bed rock it shouldn't require a footing deeper then that.
The stated reasoning is that the bottom of the footer is to be below the frost depth so as to eliminate frost heaving,
when you get to actual bed rock I don't believe that is an issue.
But building codes are not written or enforced by individuals with actual knowledge.

I agree with the last part. Frost heaving isn’t much if any concern here. My work had to be inspected and passed.

 

[4570Man]

I got the footer I dug yesterday poured and dug and pinned another one today.

 

[Oldpath05]

I got the footer I dug yesterday poured and dug and pinned another one today.
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Now I see what that one board is for on the right, but the other boards I see no need. Are you playing tic tac toe with cement footings and all these are for what?

 

[4570Man]

Every board serves the same purpose. They’re both house with garage footings. The houses sadly aren’t 4 sided rectangles is the point of all the ditches.

 

[Oldpath05]

Got it.:thumbsup:

 

[Oldpath05]

Every board serves the same purpose. They’re both house with garage footings. The houses sadly aren’t 4 sided rectangles is the point of all the ditches.

Footers all done?

 

[4570Man]

Footers all done?

The second one is going in tomorrow. They started block on the first one today.

 

[Oldpath05]

Doing some loader work today filling in both ends of my bridge. I did a time run on 6 trips, came to a 1 hr and 10 minutes equals 2 yards so about a hour is best I can do with 6 trips, 3rd gear low is loaded bucket travel speed at just above idle, 4 low is empty bucket travel speed, now only 20 more yards to go........

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[Sawyer Rob]

I spent most of my day rotary cutting...

Boy, am I ever glad to have most of what needed cutting, cut!!

SR