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Structural Support is NOT a Shared Duty
Structural Support is not a shared duty. Components which bear the weight of a whole house can't be allowed to differ from one part of the house to another. For instance, where near-surface bearing soils swirl like marble cake, if part of the house
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EXCAVATION INTO BEARING SOIL or Digging the Foundation
‘Excavation’ is the practice of digging into dirt and moving it around. ‘Bearing Soil’ is the deep-down dirt that can carry, or bear, the weight of a house. The previously mentioned ‘surface soil’ is only strong enough to support gras
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