Posted 2/13/2010 01:37 (#1072430 - in reply to #1072097) Subject: RE: House Foundation Question
West Union, Illinois
Another consideration is soil type. Dad and Mom built their house on sand. It's like a sandbar. They have a basement with 36" wide footers. The contractor said "I've never put in footers this wide"
Dad said "ever built a house on sand in the river bottom?"
However thick you make the walls, don't skimp in a nice wide reinforced footer to hold everything up.