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Do You Required a Footer for a Concrete Slab?

If you reside in a house, you might not have footers underneath your concrete. Old building and construction of homes usually included digging shallow trenches in the dirt and building the walls directly in those trenches. As a result, lots of old homes do not have full basements. If yours does, nevertheless, you may discover that the basement itself has a ledge of dirt surrounding it. That dirt is actually suggested to hold the walls in place.Today's newer homes are normally constructed with footers. Individuals who want to upgrade their homes by adding a basement or work on other additions will likewise usually utilize footers. But, what are they, and are they definitely needed? What is a Footer?Footers are usually absolutely nothing more than concrete with some kind of rebar reinforcement. The concrete is put into a pre-dug trench, and the walls of a home are built on it.When you're going to include a concrete slab on top of your footers, you wish to make certain the piece d...