I just had footers poured for a new house. When the pinner came out he found that the block would come to the edge of the footer in a couple of places, and that it was to short in another place. What is the correct way to fix this problem? I am afraid that the footing contractor is just going to pour more concrete next to the original footer. The building inspector only inspects the footer form and not the block foundation. The house is going to have a crawl space with 6 courses of block. I am the GC. I have only built pools this is my first house. I would appreciate any help that anyone could give me.
Thanks Jim
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as long as the block is setting 100% on the footing, its fine.
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Thanks for your reply, that is what my footer contractor said, I just wanted to make sure and put my mind at ease.
It really depends on the soils under and the load above, but for the average one storey house, you'll be fine that way
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Thanks for your input I really appreciate it.
What piffin said. Pretty common problem, especially on sloped sites where layout is more difficult.
If you are real worried about it, in the one place where the block will be off the footer, dig it out, drill some holes in the concrete and put some rebar pins in to hold the concrete together at the joint.
This happens less often if you get a surveyor to do the layout prior to excavation for footings.
Where I live we have foundation inspections and one of the things they (spot) check is footer projection beyong the block.
Thanks for your reply, I would feel much more comfortable putting pins into the exsisting footers, and adding concrete.