In reply to Antihero :
Yeah, but he's gonna lose a lot of money if he tries to insist it be ripped out without cause.
He needs engineering.
If he tells them to rip it out, they WILL walk. They've got 50% of the money for the job. That easily covers the cost of the footings.
I am strongly doubting it will need to be ripped out.
I do agree with getting engineering that includes this footing as an existing condition.
SV reX said:In reply to Antihero :
Yeah, but he's gonna lose a lot of money if he tries to insist it be ripped out without cause.
He needs engineering.
If he tells them to rip it out, they WILL walk. They've got 50% of the money for the job. That easily covers the cost of the footings.
You are not wrong, although I missed the 50 percent down part, I personally do thirds usually.
Engineering has to happen for any of the next steps, whichever way is needed
In reply to Antihero :
It's 50. Travis and I have been speaking directly.
SV reX said:I am strongly doubting it will need to be ripped out.
I do agree with getting engineering that includes this footing as an existing condition.
I think they could engineer something where it's basically a mono pour on top of " hardened subbase" rather than calling it a foundation. It'll probably need the elevation raised to cover whatever they need to do there instead of demo.
SV reX said:In reply to Antihero :
It's 50. Travis and I have been speaking directly.
Ah, ok .
Here's a random idea I had while trying to remove a very rusted on wheel:
Bury the concrete in a few inches of dirt and cut off the rebar they stuck in. The idea is that the slab is a totally different entity than the GigantoFooting.
Trench along the edge of the GigantoFooting down say......18 inches about 6-8 inches wide all along the outside edge. Bend continuous rebar from the slab all the way down the trench leaving a little gap so it doesn't catch the ground. You will also either want to have plastic on the side of GigantoFooting or dirt to bond break it from GigantoFooting.
This means that you can use the j bolts you need to, it'll hopefully be low enough that you won't have water intrusion and GigantoFooting isnt connected to your slab at all
Down side is it's gonna make your structure bigger by 12-16 inches minimum and it'll cost a little more to build alon. Because you had to get a variance it might mean you have to get it signed off again.
It's literally a 10 second idea while cursing at my car so It needs some more follow thru but there's an idea
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