Re: SB: Re: CLAY SOIL

[Speireag Alden <Joshua.M.Alden.91@alum.dartmouth.org>]

Sgrìobh Robert W. Tom:

>All that being said, I think that a Rubble Trench Foundation (RTF) 
>would be worth
>considering  (rendering my second statement incorrect).
>
>RTFs , unlike monolithic foundations,  are inherently able to withstand the
>destructive forces which frost activity can impart.

     I have a fondness for rubble trench foundations, since my house 
sits on one.  Our frost depth here is five feet.  I don't think that 
I would go so deep with a rubble trench foundation again.  It depends 
a lot on what you're digging through.  In my rocky, silty soil the 
trench had a tendency to cave in at the edges, and it had to be much 
wider than I had planned in order to get the big rocks out.  (I had 
some very, very big rocks.)

     On the other hand, if you have clay soil without large rocks, 
that might be pretty good for a narrow, clean, easily-filled trench. 
So it's worth taking a look, as Rob suggests.

-Speireag.
-- 
To face death, live.

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