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Anonymous Poster	FOOTINGS OK? 03/17/2009 5:40 PM
	POURED 10" DEEP FOOTINGS IN GROUND FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. USED REBAR STAKES DROVE IN GROUND FOR LEVELING. POUR WENT WELL, BUT CONCRETE CRACKED @ MOST OF THE LEVELING STAKES. IS THIS NORMAL?
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JohnDG Guru Join Date: May 2006 Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK. Going under cover. Posts: 9684 Good Answers: 468	#1 FOOTINGS NOT OK 03/17/2009 8:07 PM
	NO ~~YES~~ NO ~~YES~~ MAYBE What do you think, Guest? Are you happy to build on cracked footings? __________________ "Love justice, you who rule the world" - Dante Alighieri
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jack of all trades Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 8777 Good Answers: 376	#2 Re: FOOTINGS OK? 03/17/2009 8:11 PM
	No. Did you prepare, mix and set the concrete correctly? If you didn't, well then you haven't got a leg to stand on! __________________ jack of all trades
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charsley99 Guru Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Jersey U.S.A. Posts: 1114 Good Answers: 38	#3 In reply to #2 Re: FOOTINGS OK? 03/18/2009 8:13 AM
	Or would that be you haven't a foot~~ing~~ to stand on? __________________ The last fight was my fault. My wife asked "What's on the TV?" I said "Dust!"
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Anonymous Poster	#4 Re: FOOTINGS OK? 03/18/2009 2:13 PM
	Perhaps I sould give more info. Cracks were 3 to 4 inches long, about 1/2 inch in depth. Cracks went with footings long ways and not across the footing. Code calls for 6 " footings. Poured footings on hard ground. Several contractors have informed me they should be fine. Since my footings were poured 10", I am hoping they will be fine. Anything to add?
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