PeyoteReligion
Well-Known Member
Many good points here. I poured foundations in the northwest. Out here the shallowest home foundations were 8 inch (minimum) footings followed by at least 2 feet of foundation wall. That was the shortest, but could hold up two floors. 18 inch minimum sounds fuckinh cake. Run into a hillside and shit gets deep quick. So does the moneyok, so i looked it back up. has to do with the foundation level, frost, cost, and a few other things. has nothing to do with the ground being hard.
in eastern and northern states, the foundations have to be dug deeper anyway, so not as much of a big deal to add the basement. in phoenix, however, only have to lay the foundation to 18 inches because no frost and whatnot. so much more expensive to build a basement.
there are many basements in texas and phoenix, but any scarcity of basements has nothing to do with hardness of ground.
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So yeah basements exist all up in Texas, so I'm keeping my new sig addition.