A pier and beam sometimes called post and beam foundation involves wood posts or concrete piers set into the ground and bearing the weight of the building on foundation beams.
Post and beam foundation addition.
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Are you thinking about building your room addition on a pier and beam foundation.
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A modified post and beam will work with pier perimeter wall and slab.
In fact back before slab technology was refined most homes were elevated by pier and beam structures.
This makes sense as the weight of the house is a series of point loads where the posts are.
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Today pier and beam foundations sometimes called post and beam aren t so popular but are still the norm in certain parts of the country especially in areas that.
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Prior to the 1960 s homes used to sit in the air.
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Even better is a pole foundation where your posts are embedded deep in the ground about 4 and transfer the full weight of the building directly underground.