BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – CUSTOM HOME DESIGNING BACKGROUND – HOUSE DESIGN ARTICLES
ALL ABOUT HOUSE FOUNDATION PROBLEMS and YOUR HOME HOUSE FOUNDATION PLAN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CLOSE UP
By Before The Architect Copyright 2009-2010
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QUESTION: WHASSUP WITH HOUSE FOUNDATION PROBLEMS?
ANSWER: PRETTY NEAR NOTHING WITH A GOOD RESIDENTIAL FOUNDATION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN.
What are you going to tell the architect of record? . . .
 | house foundation plan involves the
reinforced concrete support of –
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KEY (this is about communicating home design to a foundation contractor):
A = details of rebar connections at changes of footing and wall direction so as to affirm a right way to reinforce a concrete foundation structure and the wrong way which crumbles it
B = alert to a foundation contractor of a radon mitigation plan thereunder on another sheet, which plan must be initially executed with the foundation plan, else the careful preparation of substrates below the slab on grade to let to exhaust down and out for condensate and up and out for vapor would be for naught
C = extensive design and construction notes - too extensive to fit within the habitable footprint - on wide-ranging subjects of foundation materials and methods, majorly including reinforced concrete slab-on-grade exterior deck at front of house and back of house; 10 linear inch reinforced concrete wall; reinforced concrete strip footing; monolithic; reinforced concrete interior slab-on-grade; perimeter footing drain, reinforced concrete steps at front of house and side of house; garage slab-on grade at L1; anchor bolts; etc.
D = notes on critical matters including siting of bond breaks and depth metrics for footings and perimeter foundation drainpipe
E = notes specific to this foundation plan including but not limited to: metrics of rebar cover; fill limits; floor truss support; guidance on thickening the reinforced slab-on-grade, sill plates; aggregate; subslab conduit; truss designer’s responsibility to alert for adjustments to identified foundation elements for previously unexpected critical load path descension, etc.
F = alert to contractors in regard to the respect of this plan that's expected, plus motive and method to amend it.
G = the foundation plan layout for all elevations, dimensioned and annotated. Note well that exterior dimensions run exclusively from footing articulation at outside faces
H = detail section in elevation of how concrete steps shall be founded, formed, and reinforced
I = key to about 55 abbreviations and acronyms used in the foundation plan, in order to diminish substantially the length of text particularly for oft-repeated words and phrases, e.g., RR for rebar and SOG for slab-on-grade, respectively
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