Foundation Footings

Well, we received the permit so we now can move ahead with the foundation!!  It took about 5 weeks to get it so that was pretty fast and there were only a couple issues to be addressed.  The engineer had to write a letter to justify the snow load calculation and the designer had to to add a CO detector and insulation under the stairs.

The foundation guy, Mark, is ready to go and setting up the boards for the footings.

The soils up here are amazing and even after raining for a week, there are no puddles except for one small area that is compacted from the trucks.  This means no run off or erosion but the county still wants to have a drainage plan that is engineered ($1000) and pay them a drainage fee ($1900).

I used the 12" bucket on the excavator to dig a shallow trench to install the silt fence to prevent erosion ... which I will bet I never get any dirt built up against the fence.

Even though the silt fence comes up stakes at 10' apart, the county requires wooden 2"x2" stakes every 3'.  I  purchased 8' fir boards, cut them in half, and then cut angles to drive them in the ground.