11-28-2007, 08:56 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Saint Regis Falls, NY, USA.
Posts: 3,892
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the way a house is built, they dig the cellar hole. then they dig a foundation footing 8 inches deep and 18 inches width wise. in this footing they put an angled two by four as a key. when this pour is cured, they lay up the forms for the foundation. the forms sit on the footing straddling the key. a bonding agent is put into this key to aid in the seal. then they pour the foundation. the outside of the foundation is coated with a bitumenous sealer. if you have land like a hill angled towards your house you will have a hydrostatic pressure in that corner. drain tile is the only way to overcome this problem.
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