Foundation Slab, concrete work, new build and much more. In this example we build a small storage shed concrete pad. Time needed for this pad was about 1 week, including the framing, pooring of the concrete, de-framing and the clean up.

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If you live in a flood zone you have to do a Flood Zone Build. Be sure you take all precautions possible by using the stem-wall method for your foundation. By using this method vs. a solid concrete foundation, the builder is able to gain height. Height in a flood zone is always a good thing when building new. With this particular new-build, the 2-story Victorian house required a 3′ foundation or “stem wall”. As you can see in the photos, the floor joist are stacked (on top of the foundation and not hung, giving us 1 foot in height. To this day (23 years later), this house has never flooded.

Foundation – Stem Wall

In addition to this foundation, we went on to add a new foundation to the property’s 200 year old Victorian home which was previously on a dirt foundation and redwood frame. The house was leaning. The method on this project was to lift the house, frame the foundation, then set the home on top of the new stem-wall foundation.

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Outdoor Garden Bonus Room

Some call it a Outdoor garden bonus room, man-cave, a women’s flower house, a game room, a work out room, or even a pool house. You can also call it ADU (additional dwelling unit). So many purposes for a fully enclosed dwelling unit. In fact, many California counties are calling these ADU’s. (Additional Dwelling Units). These types of buildings go up very fast. Once the foundation is finished, the framing begins. In the case of this outdoor unit, we only ran electrical hookups, and no water. However, if the owner ever requests to have water access brought to the building, then we would simply run an underground hookup to the septic (in the near distance to unit), and bring the plumbing indoors.

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