Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 15, 2019 5:12 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Hello everyone im really stressed My builder gave me footing cost of 32k , but when the digging was done they said the digging is hard due to hard clay soil andi would get a variation in footing, when i insisted to stop d work she send me a email saying it would cost approx 1650$ . Apparenty the digging was supposed to be 1250m in depth , but the contractor did uneven digging so somewhwrw 1400 aswell. Few days back the footing cements was poured , and today i recieved a total bill of 43000 dollars. Its difference of almost 10 grand. Plz help me i cant afford it.. i tld builder so many times to stop d work and first give me the cost but they said cost will come after 6 weeks . I dont know what should i do. I already paid them 33 k that was high price in that area... and now charging me another 10. Im building in inglefarm with fairmont in Adelaide. Any help and guidance will b appreciated. Regards Re: Footing cost Variation 10 grand .... plz help 3Feb 15, 2019 6:56 pm Did you sign off on the variation? yep sounds good make the footing bigger to to allow for the pipe in the middle 3 7324 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 10244 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 3320 |