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After owning our rural land for 7 years my wife and I finally moved into our new house in South Central Wisconsin this past July. This is our first winter here and in the past two weeks we've started to see Coyotes coming quite close to the house (within 50 feet this morning). There's still a...

The only mention of rebar is in the wall section view (see attached for an excerpt of that). It is: 2 #4 at the top of the wall, 2 #4 at the bottom of the wall, 2 #4 in the footing. This is less than I wanted and is this way because the draftsperson couldn't manage to copy my plan correctly...

Hi, Me again. I'm debating Concrete Foundation Steel Reinforcement Requirements with my builder. Using the sources below I contend that in Wisconsin horizontal reinforcing steel in the form of multiple, continuous #4 bars is required within 24" of the top of the wall, within 24" of the bottom...

I used a metal detector on it tonight and there is no rebar. Below is what the forms looked like before the pour. If only I had known what a discontinuous footing was and had read what ACI 332 8.2.8 said then: "8.2.8 Additional wall reinforcement輸t discontinuous wall footings, where wall...

Well, I don't have to wonder whether or not it will be fine, I went out to look at it again tonight and it has already cracked: All the way through both sides and top to bottom at exactly the part I was concerned about. New foundation. Forms off yesterday. Cracked today, a bit over 24...

Also, what do these three areas with a bunch of rocks stuck together with almost no concrete mean?

Would the garage floor with vehicle traffic on it count as a bearing point?

Hi Redlands Okie, Thanks for your reply. It's a 2x8. The jump footings are in two places, attached are two more pictures that show almost the whole thing. At the rear of the garage: At the front of the garage (note the dropped top of wall for the garage floor there, cars will be driving in...

Hi, Please see the pictures below of my new foundation. How should I feel about the Jump Footings pictured there with regard to the short section of unsupported wall? How should I feel about them if I find there's no rebar in there? Thanks.

It didn't end up being as bad as I thought. Below is a picture of the trajectory of the fluid as it started draining when I removed the hose. The fluid from the axle drains actually came out a little more horizontal, I think because the drain hole and plug are smaller. One thing that was a...

Hi, Please see below for two pictures of the bottom of my L4240 with an LA854 loader with a Third Function Valve. Coming from the main hydraulic fluid drain plug location is a hose leading back to either the third function valve solenoid or the loader. There was an official looking heavy...

Hi, My wife and I are in the process of looking for a firm to build a 3,000 square foot single story house on our land. Our design isn't very complex and we don't want Sub Zero, Wolf, custom cabinets, central vacuum, home automation, whole home audio or any of the other stuff you see in...

Tonight there was a story by Steve Hartman on the CBS Evening News, part of his "On The Road" series, about Jason Brown, a former NFL player who decided to leave football and become a farmer. During the spot Jason says he learned about farming by watching YouTube videos. At that point in the...

Hi, I recently gave my Lincoln SP175+ to my Dad for his shop on his farm. I'm looking for a replacement with the following characteristics: - 200-250 amps. - Inverter machine (I weld in my basement in the winter and can't lug a 100+ pound transformer machine up and down the basement stairs by...

Hi, Somehow my Dad acquired the welder in the attached picture. It has a NEMA 10-50P (two hots and a neutral) on it which 1) I understand is no longer in use and 2) we don't have a receptacle for. Does the community think I can just replace this plug with a NEMA 6-50P (two hots and a ground)...