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Holes in foundation........normal?

dukebound85

dukebound85

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Jul 17, 2005
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So I am having a house built. I was out there and noticed holes in the foundation. I see that these were where the I-beams are set (after the fact?) Are these normal or why would these be there? Would this be a defect or something?

I am hoping some of MR would have some experience.
 

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maflynn

maflynn

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May 3, 2009
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Looks like they screwed up and forgot to put the i-beams in before putting the floor down. I can't see any reason why they'ed have to cut a hole in the foundation, when they could have just used a form that had it already in place.
 
twietee

twietee

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Jan 24, 2012
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What maflynn said. Shouldn't be a problem as long as they close it again properly - which is nothing special.

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I wonder when they start with the water resitant foliage though? Or do you live some place where they never heard of rain? :D
 
R

Roller

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Jun 25, 2003
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Have you raised the issue with the builder? This should be easy to take car of at this stage. I had a house built about 20 years ago. I found that if I didn't stay on top of things by visiting the job site at least a few times a week, things were missed or done incorrectly.
 
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