For new inspectors.

[ICE]

This is too remedial for most of you but it doesn't come up very often and I thought there may be a few that haven't experienced this yet.

The footing for the house is 12" deep and the trench is 28" deep. This has compromised the footing so there are two choices. They can compact the soil and provide a compaction test report or fill the trench with concrete after they get a 2" sand cover over the gas pipe. In this case it will be concrete.

 

[Msradell]

Would this be a good place to use flowable fill (ie low strength concrete)? I've seen it used for cover on large pipes in some situations but never a small ones yet this seems like a perfect place to use it.

 

[ICE]

Would this be a good place to use flowable fill (ie low strength concrete)? I've seen it used for cover on large pipes in some situations but never a small ones yet this seems like a perfect place to use it.

Yes and no. The area of the driveway will be poured in concrete so it wouldn't make much sense to get two yards of slurry just for the trench and follow up with two yards of concrete for the driveway.

 

[fatboy]

ah, gotta love the morons........yeah, flow fill would be cheaper, but the concrete's also on the way.......... either way, have to get something soliid in there.