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Posted by Jonathan Wye on August 20, 2008, 11:48 am
Your safest bet would be to look around for a local civil engineer who will
be familiar with the soils in your area. He or she can easily
design/specify a footing and wall which will adequately support your
structure, and take all the guesswork off your shoulders, a cheap investment
with good return.
Good luck,
Jonathan
On 8/10/08 8:36 AM, in article
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> tbasc@bellsouth.net wrote:
>>> I'm looking at a piece of property for a building site in Western Wisconsin.
>>>
>>> The soil survey maps defines it as 'tarr sand'
>>>
>>> " The Tarr series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils
>>> formed in siliceous sandy pedisediment over siliceous sandy residuum
>>> from sandstone on stream terraces, hills, and pediments. 90% quartz.
>>> Permeability is rapid."
>>>
>>> Plans are for a full basement built with ICFs. I'm a little concerned
>>> about the stability of this type of this sandy material for what I have
>>> in mind.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Curly
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>> Was the structure designed by an engineer?
>> Have you considered retaining an engineer to review the foundation?
>> T
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>
> No.
>
> Whatever it takes. I'm not looking to cut corners.
>
> Curly
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Posted by TonyG on August 10, 2008, 9:25 am
CurlyQue wrote:
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> I'm looking at a piece of property for a building site in Western
> Wisconsin.
>
> The soil survey maps defines it as 'tarr sand'
>
> " The Tarr series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils
> formed in siliceous sandy pedisediment over siliceous sandy residuum
> from sandstone on stream terraces, hills, and pediments. 90% quartz.
> Permeability is rapid."
>
> Plans are for a full basement built with ICFs. I'm a little concerned
> about the stability of this type of this sandy material for what I have
> in mind.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Curly
>
Ya know they make engineers for this stuff. T
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Posted by Anthony on August 20, 2008, 8:30 pm
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Anthony Ippolito
Providing Architectural Drafting & Design
For Over 40 Years
ippolitoa@bellsouth.net
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> I'm looking at a piece of property for a building site in Western
> Wisconsin.
> The soil survey maps defines it as 'tarr sand'
> " The Tarr series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils formed
> in siliceous sandy pedisediment over siliceous sandy residuum from
> sandstone on stream terraces, hills, and pediments. 90% quartz.
> Permeability is rapid."
> Plans are for a full basement built with ICFs. I'm a little concerned
> about the stability of this type of this sandy material for what I have in
> mind.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Curly
>
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>>> I'm looking at a piece of property for a building site in Western Wisconsin.
>>>
>>> The soil survey maps defines it as 'tarr sand'
>>>
>>> " The Tarr series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils
>>> formed in siliceous sandy pedisediment over siliceous sandy residuum
>>> from sandstone on stream terraces, hills, and pediments. 90% quartz.
>>> Permeability is rapid."
>>>
>>> Plans are for a full basement built with ICFs. I'm a little concerned
>>> about the stability of this type of this sandy material for what I have
>>> in mind.
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Curly
>>
>> Was the structure designed by an engineer?
>> Have you considered retaining an engineer to review the foundation?
>> T
>
>
> No.
>
> Whatever it takes. I'm not looking to cut corners.
>
> Curly