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Islandlake
08-11-2003, 09:43 AM
I am having a house built in Michigan. The footings have just been poured and upon my visit noticed that there were no vertical rebars to tie the footing to the wall.

Should I be worried? I assume that they are building to code as they are required to have the footings inspected prior to pouring the concrete. Everything I read seems to indicate that rebars are the way to go. Also my lot is about a 100 yards from a small lake.

Rich
08-11-2003, 05:24 PM
I've never heard of pouring a stemwall without tying it to a footing with rebar. They might as well pour it right on the dirt and not do a footing. Well not that bad but you get the idea.
Don't do it if you're not going to do it right. Of course, that's just my .02