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Jim Elbrecht Jim Elbrecht is offline
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Default Depth of footings for porch

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:35:11 -0700 (PDT), ransley
wrote:
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Even small sheds you buy are recomended
to have Pads, not foundations to frost.


The reason sheds are allowed to have pads is because they float up and
down & it doesn't matter.

Presumably the house stays in place because it has a foundation. If
you attach something rigid to the house, it must not move up and down
or it will pull itself away from the house.

Jim