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Palos Verdes Estates remodels can meet an undersized footing under a new load. Here is what finding one does to the plan. Aspenwell Construction, Long Beach.
A new post can carry more weight than the footing beneath it was poured for. That is the condition we watch for in a Palos Verdes Estates whole-house remodel when a wall comes out. The footing is out of sight, so we expose it, measure its width and depth, and let the engineer compare it with the load the new beam delivers.
Exposing the footing
Exposing a footing means digging a small pocket beside the stem wall or breaking a hole in a slab where a post will land. We measure width and depth, look for steel, and check the concrete. If the footing is thin or unreinforced, the engineer specifies a larger pad or a deepened footing poured under the post. If the lot slopes, the footing may also need to step so it stays at an even depth in sound soil. Soil bearing and concrete strength are the engineer's call, and we supply the measurements.
What a footing finding changes
A new footing changes the drawings, the permit set and the schedule. The sheets get a detail showing the pad, its steel and its depth, and the city building department reviews it before the concrete goes in. Pouring and curing take time, and framing above cannot be loaded until the pad is ready. In a coastal zone, steel in the footing is kept clear of the soil with proper cover. The quote shows the added work as its own line.
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A wall sitting above an existing footing line can move if its load still lands on a footing. A wall that needs a new post forces a new footing. The plans mark every post and its pad, and the walls that carry nothing are labeled as free to move.
During, together with the bolting and bracing, since the sill and footing are both open then. A new pad poured now saves digging under a finished floor. The inspector sees footing steel before concrete covers it, and the seismic items fit into the same sequence.
We record the visible footings, the stem wall, the sill anchoring, the short walls, and the floor and roof framing. We also check where new posts will land and what lies below them. Photos and the full package reach the engineer, and repairs the survey recommends are priced as separate items.
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