SB: Re: Re: Re: Question about strawbale house on stilts

["Bill Hunt" <billhunt@redrock.net>]

> Just thought I'd point out that standard practice (assuming the in place
> soil is fairly dense / compact) is to also excavate the "cut" section, so
> that there is not a "hard" line between fill soils that will settle, and
cut
> areas that will not.
>
> -Guy-

Hi Guy- Assuming you meant "excavate the "fill" section", that is news to
me, but I'm not an excavation guy :-).   I have run a gas powered tamper
over fill sections on commercial jobs (something like a Yellow Submarine-
inspired single foot, with ferocious stomping power), and if you do that as
the engineer specs (4" lifts, or 6" or  8" or whatever), with a bit of
water, I find it
hard to believe there will be any noticeable settling.

Cheers from the Wasatch- Bill



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