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Question: I visited the site of my new home and noticed a lot of water standing where the concrete walls will soon be poured. Won’t this be a problem for the quality of concrete in my footings? – Home ...

Question: I have a foundation that was poured and I am not impressed. The footings were poured and when they set the wall forms, there was visible deviation in how much the footings extended past the ...

Q: I was looking over a patio house under construction and noticed the footings were only about 2 or 3 feet below grade. Isn't the frost depth in Mankato more like 5 feet? I fear if the right ...