{"id":2152,"date":"2018-03-16T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2018-03-16T21:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2018-03-26T22:17:16","modified_gmt":"2018-03-26T22:17:16","slug":"re-marking-the-footers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/re-marking-the-footers\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-marking the Footers"},"content":{"rendered":"

When I saw that in one spot the footer was not quite in the correct location, I was concerned. Really concerned.<\/p>\n

They said they could probably adjust the house over, but we had to make sure we were not too close to the set-backs for zoning.<\/p>\n

The surveyor was out just now and carefully measured. Yes. It could be done.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The setback mark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He marked the setback. We are fine.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The new blue mark next to the problem original orange mark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then they re-marked the footers. They pulled out the original nail and put in the new one, then marked it with blue spray paint this time.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The new blue mark next to the original orange mark.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At least it is a good thing that the footers grew in the correct direction!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The original nail marked with orange is removed. The new nail is marked in blue.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Even the piers for the porch and the carport are adjusted.<\/p>\n

\"Two<\/a>
Two stakes with flags mark both ends of the piers for the carport.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m still not clear on the details here. Is the nail to snap a chalk line to? Do the block line up at the edge of the nail? Or is it the outside edge?<\/p>\n

We will find out!<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The water in the well is clear.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh and the water in the well is as clear as can be. And really cold! Perhaps I can do something with this\u2026
\nA small pond?…if we can adjust things to put it in the correct place\u2026<\/p>\n

I’ve seen some really cool ideas on Pinterest.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Next: Block for Foundation Delivered ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When I saw that in one spot the footer was not quite in the correct location, I was concerned. Really concerned. They said they could probably adjust the house over, but we had to make sure we were not too close to the set-backs for …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[31],"tags":[36,37,42],"class_list":["post-2152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-house","tag-footers","tag-foundation","tag-frost-footings"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/featured_image-remarkable.jpg?fit=1200%2C632&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2063,"url":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/more-progress-on-the-engineered-footers\/","url_meta":{"origin":2152,"position":0},"title":"More Progress on the Engineered Footers","author":"Carla","date":"March 7, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Monday morning, March 5, they were out early and making good progress. 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