Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Measure footing depth in house suffering with slab heave 2May 24, 2021 5:39 am Simeon McGovern Affordable Custom Homes, We design and build to your budget Ashington Homes www.ashingtonhomes.com.au Re: Measure footing depth in house suffering with slab heave 3May 24, 2021 7:48 am Hi @Cracking everywhere Yes-nothing more fancy than a couple of shovels and a bar is needed. The geotech firm should have recommended this early on. If not mentioned get another one. You can also probe using a dynamic cone penetrometer-most geotechs have them. Useful for finding soft spots or obstructions, like concrete loss below ground around buildings for example. If you do test holes-do at least three and special attention to anywhere where non standard design used (e.g. deepened footings) yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7326 PM me your email. I have a build excavation calculator you can use based on your plans to double check what your builder is telling you. Cheers Simeon 1 10247 I've dug some footings to embed a post anchor into. My holes are around 450mm deep which I'll put a 200mm stirrup into. The bottom of these holes seem firm enough. … 0 3322 |