Sun, 2010-08-01 07:46 — brett weberg
took class feb 2006, have been dreeming of logs since then. have got the land,power is in, septic desing done and building site is ready. Just trying to figure out witch way to go on foundation for a 30x30. can any one tell me how many cu/yd it will take for stem wall verses daylight basement or pier block.
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cement calculations
I think that topics been discussed before by a few of the experts here.
I think here's one of the places its been talked about.
http://www.loghomebuilders.org/foundation-costs-pier-v-full-foundation-v-full-basement
foundations
thanks for the info
re: how much concrete?
I used this concrete calculator for my footings and foundation. http://www.concretenetwork.com/concrete/howmuch/calculator.htm
To give you an idea my 36x36 used about 11.5 yds for the footing and 10.5 for the ICF stemwalls that are 8" wide by 34.5" tall. When all done I have about $6200 in my foundation ready and waiting for logs. //brad
Vegas class 2/10
concrete
for our footings (we're doing the cement work for the garage and the cabin at the same time so a 35x35 structure and a 36x36 structure) we used 21 yards and for our frost wall (cabin) and stem wall (garage) we used 27 yards. still working on the walk-out basement walls (8" thick, 9'4" high) , so will have to get back to you on that:)
foundations
awsome recource. Looks like your off to a great start, best of luck.