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Posted by jloomis on August 8, 2008, 10:21 am
As for the garage I would make sure that the walls were adequately water
proofed, and there are many applications that will solve this.
Moisture will "wick" in.......regardless of drainage, and like a sponge will
absorb moisture and keep it there unless driven out by heat.
So, a good water vapor barrier on the outside would be in line.
jloomis
> Hi Curly,
> I built a house about 12 years ago for a fellow here in Northern Calif. on
> a "Sand Dune"
> It is a large 2 story, with 3 car garage. I do have pictures of the
> house, and have been there recently.
> The house seems to be fine.
> The engineer architect designed a footing that was quite large and wide.
> It had additional rebar in the footing and more than a regular 2 story
> design.
> I actually had to build 2 forms for the concrete footing construction.
> One to keep the sand from filling the footing made out of inert material
> to be left in the pour.
> As for a basement, there was none, and I suspect you would not have any
> problem with moisture since you will have good drainage being "sandy"
> I believe the "Large Footprint" of the footing and the steel in the
> engineering of the footing made for a stable construction.
> John Loomis Construction and Concrete
>> 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 built a house about 12 years ago for a fellow here in Northern Calif. on
> a "Sand Dune"
> It is a large 2 story, with 3 car garage. I do have pictures of the
> house, and have been there recently.
> The house seems to be fine.
> The engineer architect designed a footing that was quite large and wide.
> It had additional rebar in the footing and more than a regular 2 story
> design.
> I actually had to build 2 forms for the concrete footing construction.
> One to keep the sand from filling the footing made out of inert material
> to be left in the pour.
> As for a basement, there was none, and I suspect you would not have any
> problem with moisture since you will have good drainage being "sandy"
> I believe the "Large Footprint" of the footing and the steel in the
> engineering of the footing made for a stable construction.
> John Loomis Construction and Concrete