asahnwyatt
02-14-2004, 11:45 AM
I had an out of town drafter draw up plans for a home I would like to build. Little did I know that I would have to have an engineer or architec finish the plans.
Anyway, I have a friend who is a structual engineer. He has provide more detail and beam sizes to my plans, but I am concerned that he may doing something wrong.
My home is a 2472sqft home with 1320sqft on the first floor with a full 8' basement with all exterior walls being 2x6. I am using I-Joist for flooring and engineered roof trusses. There are 3 bedrooms upstairs and an open, 2story greatroom .
The problem is he has sized my footings at 48 inches x 12 inches w/5 cont #5 rebar. :shock: This seems pretty large from what my limited experienc shows. He says that this is what the numbers say he should provide. Also the basement walls are 8" .
Can someone provide some help on the issue or their professional opionion on the size of the footing
Anyway, I have a friend who is a structual engineer. He has provide more detail and beam sizes to my plans, but I am concerned that he may doing something wrong.
My home is a 2472sqft home with 1320sqft on the first floor with a full 8' basement with all exterior walls being 2x6. I am using I-Joist for flooring and engineered roof trusses. There are 3 bedrooms upstairs and an open, 2story greatroom .
The problem is he has sized my footings at 48 inches x 12 inches w/5 cont #5 rebar. :shock: This seems pretty large from what my limited experienc shows. He says that this is what the numbers say he should provide. Also the basement walls are 8" .
Can someone provide some help on the issue or their professional opionion on the size of the footing