I wanted to take this opportunity to go more in depth about the plans for our pier and beam foundation with a bunch of images to illustrate the design.
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Pier and beam foundations offer a high level of versatility specific not only to the dead live seismic and wind loads to be supported and or restrained but also to the girders or sill beams and floor joists and their respective span capabilities.
Flooring in homes built on pier and beam foundations has less support than floors sitting on a concrete slab so squeaking and creaking floorboards are not uncommon.
It forms a crawlspace under the home that provides easy access to many of the utilities in case repairs are needed.
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A pier and beam foundation allows a building to have a deeper more secure footing than a concrete slab or a slab on grade foundation.
Also a pier and beam foundation preempts the need for heavy machinery to dig a large foundation.
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For the construction of our timber frame house we decided to go high and dry and eliminate as much concrete as possible with this style foundation.