Pier and beam foundation article

Started by Don_P, March 26, 2017, 07:32:17 AM

Previous topic - Next topic

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Don_P

This article came in on my email a couple of days ago, thought it might be of interest;
http://www.jlconline.com/how-to/foundations/pier-and-beam-foundations_o

ChugiakTinkerer

A co-worker has a house that was built on steel piles.  It is in an area that wouldn't have been built on a decade or two back.  But land is scarce in Anchorage and people are finding ways to get a solid foundation.  The house is fine, it's on about 40' of driven steel piles.  The garage slab though was poured on grade.  After many years of settling he's seeing a gap as the slab sinks below the sill.
My cabin build thread: Alaskan remote 16x28 1.5 story


akwoodchuck

Seems like overkill...I thought all you needed was a posthole digger and some 4x4s?  ;D ;D ;D
"The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne."

MountainDon

Thanks for that Don.  It goes a little beyond the typical DIY, doesn't it? 
Just because something has been done and has not failed, doesn't mean it is good design.