Posted by tjdub on September 08, 2010 at 22:19:56 from (208.74.246.137):
In Reply to: Re: OT Basement project posted by Bryan in Iowa on September 08, 2010 at 19:45:06:
> Sandy soil ,easy digging
Please don't kill yourself :)
I just finished doing this last summer, but didn't do underpinning. I just left enough soil under the footings to provide support (about 3ft in clay). If you do this in sandy soil, you need to really give a lot of space. I first dug it out with 45 degree angles from the footings, then when it was time for making the walls I had a crew and we finished digging out the space for the walls last and I was pretty worried about rain until the walls were done and backfilled. The guys that I had doing my concrete work did a similar job in sandy soil the year before and they had to leave MUCH more undisturbed soil between the new basement wall and the footers. Even in clay, you would be surprised how fast a steep face of dirt will collapse.
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