Site Work and Foundations - Page 13 of 37

A Solid, Well-Insulated Foundation
Insulated concrete forms (ICFs) provide integral foam insulation at the base of a house.
ICFs Often Require a Lot of Steel Reinforcing
The steel reinforcing rod used in the footings and foundation will end up costing about 50% of the cost of the concrete used to fill the footing and ICF forms.
Forming Footings from Recycled Lumber
Recycled I joists, old staging planks and salvaged plywood are used for form boards.
Tight Site Requires Survey Points
$1000 for piece of mind to ensure the house fits inside setbacks
Podcast Ep. 1: Radon Mitigation, Deck Ledgers, and Minisplits
The Fine Homebuilding Podcast embodies Fine Homebuilding magazine's commitment to the preservation of craftsmanship and the advancement of home performance in residential construction. The show is an informal but vigorous…
Site Planning and Excavation
While the plan looks good on paper, we won't know how best to approach the site grading until after we begin digging
Every Deck Starts with Good Footings
Using Diamond Pier Footings
“Challenging” building lot = Crappy building lot
The lot has its limitations - lots of them. But the price was right and walkout basement opens up future expansion.
Footing Preparation
Compacted crushed stone makes for a solid footing base
Drilling Deep
Fracking a water well is a pretty benign process -- and without it we'd have an unbuildable lot.

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