I am building my own house , which is a 2 story house + Basement with 4 side bricks. All builders in my area use 24 inch x 10 inch footer, But my builder used 20 inch x 10 inch.
And now after the footer is been placed I am seeing in some places foundation footer is built 20 inches and in some places it is 17 inches. So I guess the footer is not even of uniform width. I am not even sure if 17 inches footer is even in sync with code. Pls see the attached pictures.
The questions i have for the experts here
1. Is non uniform footer OK ? It does have 2 #4 rebars along the footer ? The soil is also fill and not compacted well , so they had to use 20 kip helical piers.
2.In less than 15 hrs the builder started making the basement foundation walls , and place large iron molds to get that done on a concrete which is not even cured for 15 hrs . Is this OK? They put Foundation walls within 48 hrs of footer being poured. Is this OK?
3.Footer was done on 9 , when it was very hot 80 degrees , Therefore uncountable number of cracks have developed , mostly where the junction of vertical rebars happens with the footer. Does these cracks effect the footer in the coming years. Builder says if its concrete it will crack . What do you guys say ?
4. The Recyclable Footer Form plates were removed in 12-15 hrs , When they hit those it all lot of concrete chipped . And they created Foundation walls on the same chipped loose concrete pieces . Do you think the footer has been compromised?
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Attached are the pictures .. Somehow didnt get attached to the first post .. Any help would be apprciated.
Plans.
What width footer do the plans call for? Was this inspected?
The original plans were for 24 inch .. But all other houses he build with the same plan were 20 inch .
As you can see from the attached pictures , mine are non uniform and least width i measured was 17 inch .
They had to use multiple helicle piers of 20 kip, as the soil is fill , and not compacted well . The Structural Engineer says it should be ok . I am worried about excessive chipping , cracks and non uniformity.
This is a question for your structural engineer. Get it in witting from him and you are all set.