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crawlspace

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    Pier and beam footing sizing?

    In Georgia here using 2018 irc. Building our own house and nowhere in here does it say anything about footing size, or spacing for a center support beam for a crawl space foundation. Under chapter 5 flooring it gets into beam spans and footing size but that’s in reference to decks. Am I...
  2. K

    Did Builder Cut Corners w/ Pier & Beam on Clay Soil?

    Hi all, Quick Rundown: Home was purchased in late March 2018 Began to see cracking in walls in April Multiple cracks on walls around door frames, cracks in ceiling, several interior & exterior doors won’t open/close What we’ve done: Hired structural engineer Engineer report was...
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    Crawl space or basement

    Live in Wake county, NC. I'm in the planning phase. I want to turn my "basement" into conditioned, usable space. The whole "basement" is unconditioned space, accessible only from the exterior of the house. It's got vents in the walls. The house is built into a hill. So half the "basement" has...
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