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Things to remember while dealing with home foundation construction
By cooldude | September 23, 2011
A house needs to have something to shoulder its weight and provide a platform for good construction. That “something” is what we know as foundation. Depending on the location, the nature of foundation changes- stone, brick, preservative treated lumber, concrete etc.
The foremost thing to keep in mind while constructing a foundation is the soil type on which the house is going to be built. The type of foundation depends on the physical properties of soil like its bearing capacity, liquidity etc. The weight of the house is another important factor. Since the foundation is the base on which all the future construction is going to occur, an error during its construction can lead to severe problems including settlement and cracks in the houses. In an area where ground water level is quite shallow, another point to remember would be to make the foundation as much water proof as possible. A foundation is like the base of a tree, if the base of tree is weak the tree would not withstand an adverse weather.
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