Mark Hopkins wrote:

That explains a lot! I thought they were into fires and mudslides these
days? I guess if you make a structure heavy enough on the bottom, it will
always stay in the right side up position. Hehehehehehe

I can imagine not very much passes for a $1M house these days anywhere. We
have a shake or two here in Georgia, but nothing nowhere near as harsh as
California....

"patriarch astDOTnet" patriarch wrote in message
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"Mark Hopkins" wrote in
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Thats more $$ than I have in my whole shop! Is there some reason why
you must have such a beefy footing?


John lives in Northern California earthquake country, as well as in an


area


with somewhat expansive soils. Codes take that into account. Even when
we're not trying to overengineer things, new construction, actually
inspected, tends to cost more.

Next time you get to the Bay Area, check out what passes for a $1M house.

Patriarch






Shhhh! Keep quiet! It's hasn't shaken around here for a while and I'm
afraid you'll wake the earthquake gods!