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Brick underpinning around my mobile home
I am about to tear the vinyl skirting off of my mobile home and replace
it with brick. I intended to pour a concrete footing down to the frostline -- 12" here in SC. Two people have told me a footing is unnecessary. One says just to turn the first row of brick sideways and on edge and build on that. The other says as long as I have good red clay under it, just to lay the brick directly on the clay. Does anyone here have experience w/ this kind of construction on Southern red clay? Is this sane or is it a shortcut I'll regret? Thanks. |
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wrote in message ups.com... I am about to tear the vinyl skirting off of my mobile home and replace it with brick. I intended to pour a concrete footing down to the frostline -- 12" here in SC. Two people have told me a footing is unnecessary. One says just to turn the first row of brick sideways and on edge and build on that. The other says as long as I have good red clay under it, just to lay the brick directly on the clay. Does anyone here have experience w/ this kind of construction on Southern red clay? Is this sane or is it a shortcut I'll regret? You don't need much of a footing, since (hopefully) a few feet of brick is all the weight to be supported. You will need to either do a double-layer wall stitched together, or use rebar through brick holes, or something- a single layer of brick isn't very strong against sideways forces. Going down to frostline is still a good idea, to avoid toppling the wall in winter. Don't forget to leave a big access hatch, big enough for whatever mechanicals are under the house. As long as you are pouring concrete anyway, any painless way to put a full slab under there? Reduces moisture problems, and gives you a storage cubby for seldom-used items. Alternative idea, that would probably work right on the dirt- if you can find a cheap source for retaining wall blocks, the kind that interlock like giant legos, you could dry-stack those, and trim out the top edge with 1x8 plastic deck board. aem sends... |
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