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    Footing sizing - concrete walls or light stick walls? and snow load question

    anyone? I'll be doing the forms and rebar starting tomorrow.
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    Footing sizing - concrete walls or light stick walls? and snow load question

    sorry, I should have been more clear, I am not doing a monolithic pour since my walls are thick and tall, so footing first, then wall. I am referring to the rebar hooks that connect the footing to the wall.
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    Footing sizing - concrete walls or light stick walls? and snow load question

    as a side question, do you usually put a hook right at the corner or 2 hooks, one just each side of the corner?
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    Footing sizing - concrete walls or light stick walls? and snow load question

    thanks all!! This is great information, and I recognize the snow load stuff in CH3 now, so I must have found it previously at some point and forgotten. So if I use light frame (makes sense) and I assume 1500 for ground, 1 story plus basement, and 25 psi snow load I arrive between 18 " wide...
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    Footing sizing - concrete walls or light stick walls? and snow load question

    This is for a small extension on our house, I’ve done all sorts of work before but this is my first foundation work
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    Footing sizing - concrete walls or light stick walls? and snow load question

    All of the above, thanks
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    Footing sizing - concrete walls or light stick walls? and snow load question

    Hello All, this is my first post. I am trying to size a footing for a 7' ceiling height basement that will have a slab and 6' concrete poured walls (measured from top of footing to top of concrete) retaining 5' of dirt. supporting 1 wood frame story on top. this is in Seattle, here is our...
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