By Mike Rosso In the first installment of this series, we had just completed the dirt work for the new house, and were now ready for the foundation, stem wall and floor. The first step was to form and pour concrete around the rebar in the footings. The footings equalize the load of snow and wind that buffet the house through the exterior bearing walls and interior load bearing posts. Since the home was designed with a covered exterior porch on the east side, column footers were also poured to support posts holding the porch beams. To prevent a frozen ...
