The first snag. It had to happen sometime. Its too bad that we ran into it before we even got the foundations complete!
The drilled pier layout was a few inches off. It seems the layout guy miscalculated a wall thickness, which resulted in the misplacement of a line of drilled piers. The good news is that they are only 4 inches off, the bad news is that we've been staring at an empty hole for two days now as the engineer develops a proper fix. Its mid 70's all this week - great weather for making progress. Unfortunately progress will also have to wait for the engineer. Next week is calling for rain so its got to happen quickly!
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Any chance of using the pier as they are? If it is 4" on a 12" wide pier, does it only take the bearing a little off center? Or is it 4" outside the pier line completely? When do you expect a decision, and can they do anything else in the interim? - John
Yep. They just need to get the design for a “pier cap” that will catch the back 4” of the 12” wall. Not a big deal, just a time waster. They are supposed to be working again today.
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