I have single story, single family residence and went way bigger on my stem wall on footing. 10"x24" footing 3 runs of rebar. 8" stem wal with a lot of rebar. Its almost 7' high stem wall.
I have center 30x30" footings that I wouldnt relaly consider load bearing (just holds up the beam/girder. My plans did not call to verticle rebar and my inspector was ok with it. My plans also called to one 8"x8"x16" block and didnt specify it needed to be filled. It would not have worked because my crawl space is big so I went two 8"x8"x16 blocks for 16"x16" for my girder to rest on.
Is this normal to not fill these piers or whatever you call them? I told my father in law they dont need to be filled and he is from the Philippines and was second guessing me, but the plans didnt specify. have trusses, it will only be supporting the floor. I am in seismic zone but I went way above and beyond with by footing and stem wall and they are only holding up the floor.
Perhaps I can just put a couple vertical rebar in them and fill them as good as possible. The girder justs rests on them and there is no cross section on the plans for how they are attached to the block piers.
Any help appreciated. I dont want to have him rebuild them, so maybe I can just dump some concrete in them and acouple rebar and call it good, even though the vertical rebar wont be in the footing.
I have center 30x30" footings that I wouldnt relaly consider load bearing (just holds up the beam/girder. My plans did not call to verticle rebar and my inspector was ok with it. My plans also called to one 8"x8"x16" block and didnt specify it needed to be filled. It would not have worked because my crawl space is big so I went two 8"x8"x16 blocks for 16"x16" for my girder to rest on.
Is this normal to not fill these piers or whatever you call them? I told my father in law they dont need to be filled and he is from the Philippines and was second guessing me, but the plans didnt specify. have trusses, it will only be supporting the floor. I am in seismic zone but I went way above and beyond with by footing and stem wall and they are only holding up the floor.
Perhaps I can just put a couple vertical rebar in them and fill them as good as possible. The girder justs rests on them and there is no cross section on the plans for how they are attached to the block piers.
Any help appreciated. I dont want to have him rebuild them, so maybe I can just dump some concrete in them and acouple rebar and call it good, even though the vertical rebar wont be in the footing.