So while excavating for the house footings we hit a huge rock that had to be removed. This left a large whole that needed to be filled before we could have the footings poured. Dad and I spent 8hrs shovelling, wheelbarrowing and compacting gravel. I was bagged by the end of the day but the spot is now rock solid and it passed inspection of both the city and the geotechnical engineer.
Here's a few shots of the house excavation. You can see we got a little closer to the water table than I wanted but it won't matter since I'm not having a basement or crawlspace. This will all be filled with gravel.
Here's some shots of us filling that hole or "the pit of doom" as I like to call it. This spot is rock solid now. I've decided to add re-bar to both the footings and foundation walls as it's not much extra money but will add a great deal of strength to the foundation. It should outlive me by a long shot!
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