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   jlyda | Mar 09, 2020 08:02am | #1

   Don’t have enough info to say. Is it specified in your blueprints? Is it being inspected by a building inspector? If the contractor is building as specified and a print examiner has reviewed the print to issue a permit, everything is being handled correctly. If the contractor has decided to go rogue and make this move all on his own w/out telling anyone he’s not performing as he should. Even if his method is acceptable, he’s supposed to build as specified if he alters from that there are proper procedures he should be following. I don’t want to throw the contractor under the bus b/c we don’t have the specifics. He could be building as he should or could possibly be cutting corners. If you are building w/out a plan in place this kind of stuff will continue to happen no matter who does the work. Also, assuming you have permit and inspections happening. If the contractor knows his work is getting inspected he will build to code (or at least try).

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   Mike_Mahan | Mar 09, 2020 02:18pm | #2

   Not even sure what you are asking. Are you trying to say that there are no footings? Foundation pads are usually to support large concentrated loads.

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   unionrebel | Mar 10, 2020 07:52am | #5

   I was taking about the dirt pad before the footings. Thanks for the response though.

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   florida | Mar 09, 2020 05:16pm | #3

   I'm assuming you mean they haven't put a pad of fill down. A fill pad is put down to either raise the floor elevation and/or because the subsoil won't support the structure without it. If your soil is okay you don't need a pad.

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   Deleted | Mar 10, 2020 07:55am | #6

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   unionrebel | Mar 10, 2020 07:58am | #8

   Thank you .

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   andy_engel | Mar 10, 2020 07:05am | #4

   What Florida said. I've built two dozen houses and never once used a pad. All were on native soil. It varies with the region, though. Everywhere I've built was heavily glaciated, so the soils tend to be compact with good bearing capacity. That's not the case in many other areas though.

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   unionrebel | Mar 10, 2020 07:56am | #7

   Much appreciated. I guess I should let the builder build and stop being so nervous.

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   civileng43 | Mar 10, 2020 11:10am | #9

   If you ever have to deal with a house that has suffered from subsidence, you will hire a structural engineer to approve/design your foundation. Let a builder do what he thinks is right? Oh yeh, oh yeh! By the time your kids' marbles roll to one end of the living room, the builder is going to be out of business or the guarantee will have run out.