Gary from Northern House Raising, who is doing our Raise and Restump, called me to our house today to have a look at the footings for our house. From what he told me he has never seen anything like it before in Townsville. He even called out the engineer to have a look at it. The engineers advice was to leave it in place and bolt the stumps onto it as the thing was so solid that it would be a waste to remove it.
Below are some photos of the temporary supports for the house, plus some of the holes for the post. Tomorrow they should be finally sinking the posts into the ground.
Temporary bracing for back of the house
Centre temporary bracing and the holes for the stumps
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4 responses so far ↓
:David Couper // Mar 18, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Hey Mate – can you explain for the ignorant of us what exactly they decided to leave in place – what are the footings??
Cheers
David
Renovate Australia » Blog Archive » House Lift is Complete // Mar 27, 2006 at 3:17 pm
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Renovate Australia » Blog Archive » What are the Footings and Foundation? // Apr 2, 2006 at 1:27 pm
[...] In my previous post, Day 8 of the House Lift – Massive Footings, my mate David Couper asked what the footing were that Northern House Raising decided to leave in place. The footing is basically the bottom part of the foundations of the house and it is there to prevent settling or movement of the house or foundations. [...]
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