flchoirboy
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Hey, my dad and I took on a project that another guy kind of messed up. The previous owner(about 12 years ago) took a single wide(12' X 50') trailer and built a house portion over one half of it with an independent roof. But, I don't think he got a permit to do this. Anyhow, my concern is on the blocks he used for the foundation. He used large base blocks(resting level on the ground) with 2 concrete block stacked on top of them. From there, he placed a termite shield and placed his sills and so on. He has plenty of blocking. They are spaced about 6' apart under the foundation. My main question is, should I continue the rest of the construction like this or does it violate code without any kind of concrete and anchorage? Also, if I leave it like this is there a way to anchor down a house that is just resting on concrete block?
Btw, my dad is very experienced with building and has any tool imagineable...so what ever we have to do we can do. I'm just concerned about codes because we haven't got the permit yet and I don't want them to make me tear down anything until i get it right.
thx!
Btw, my dad is very experienced with building and has any tool imagineable...so what ever we have to do we can do. I'm just concerned about codes because we haven't got the permit yet and I don't want them to make me tear down anything until i get it right.
thx!