I am a homeowner in NC. Contracted with reputable company for footings & foundation for a large home with full basement. Company recently dug & poured footings. Back of home has walk out basement, & instead of dropping footings down 12″ at the rear as plans called for, all footings were poured to same level. End result is that the rear footings (24″ wide x 12″ deep) will only be 4″ below ground level (under the slab poured from basement through to patio). Rear wall of home will be stick-frame constructed directly on top of footing/slab – the three other walls are poured concrete. My concern is that the rear footing should be buried deeper to avoid frost heave problems with the entire back wall in the future. Does anyone have NC experience to help ease my mind?
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Wont you need to be inspected and approved by the town? they should be able to tell you this simply enough. Cant believe the contractor devated from the plan that much. Hope you still owe him a last payment
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There's other info missing here. Is the patio supposed to be a continuation of the same slab that forms the interior floor? What footing will it have?
He shouldn't have deviated from the plan, certainly, but there be ways you can spend his money to rectify and/or work around the situation such as adding foam insulation and extra drainage along the exterior side of the footing. But if he poured in with ground forming instead of boards, the irregular surface will make that very hard too.
I would speak with your local inspector.