{"id":75,"date":"2011-03-29T00:24:54","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T00:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jackconstruction.com\/jfhblog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2016-10-05T23:36:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T23:36:18","slug":"digging-footings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jackconstruction.com\/jfhblog\/2011\/03\/digging-footings\/","title":{"rendered":"Digging Footings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We started a house this week on some property near the Lake of Egypt.\u00a0 It will have a walk-out basement, which means a basement that is partially underground with one side completely out of the ground.\u00a0 The side out of the ground is usually framed construction while the sides in the ground are block or solid concrete walls.<\/p>\n<p>This will be a finished basement, so keeping it a dry basement is a tip top priority!\u00a0 One of the best ways to keep water away from basement is the use of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.certainteed.com\/products\/foundations\/foundation-drainage\/311520#\" target=\"_blank\">form-a-drain<\/a> product from CertainTeed.\u00a0 This product functions as a permanent drain for water and a radon collection system.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Form-a-drain is basically rectangular shaped plastic pipes that \u201cform\u201d the sides of the concrete footing that your basement sits on.\u00a0 The pieces that we are using in the photo above are 6\u201d tall.\u00a0 We want 8\u201d deep footings so we raise the pieces up 2\u201d off of the ground.\u00a0 We use a laser level to make sure all the footings are level.\u00a0 We\u2019ll use gravel fill along the sides to keep the concrete from spilling out from underneath the forms.\u00a0 In the above picture, you can see the installations of a circular drain pipe that will carry any water under the basement floor to the outside of the structure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jackconstruction.com\/jfhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/IMG00020201103191416.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; 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