Originally Posted by Out back
Originally Posted by Irishguy

It's really not that hard to run a quick calculation of the contributory area (Roof dead load + Snow load) x S.F. then add the weight of the C.M.U. walls to that and actually see what your loads are going to be. Then, once you know that you can size the perimeter foundations accordingly. This includes factoring in the bearing capacity of the soil in your particular area.

All that math... And yet there's 200 year old barns, still sitting on rock piles, all over the country. 😉

Good point. There are 80 year old houses on cut cedar stumps all over Walker County too. Most of them have character swags now and the interior floors have more undulations than the greens at Augustagrin

Last edited by straycat; 01/20/19 11:30 AM.

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