I am in the market for a new concrete sub my old one is moving out of state. On all my foundations we go with 9′ pours and everything we build is a walkout. On the walk out walls he would use a inverted footing for frost wall protection. Well I have looked at 2 crews and my problem is the don’t like to the inverted footings, the want to go with 11′ walls.
Now to me this is very wasteful to do, I have never had a problem with the old way. Dose anyone use this type of wall pour? and why? Makes me think more about starting my foundation crew even more.
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Here in PNW, absolutely nobody builds basements, asked one realator why, and profit margin in hot RE areas is simply why. My own house (built it myself) is probably the only house within 2 miles (high density area) with a basement.
Your query: hopefully Boss Hog will weigh in on this one, his 'spec house from heck' in Illinois has what looked like an 11 ft wall when I toured it 2 years ago. He may have some insights for you that we'd all like to hear also.
bump.