u/Thomas_Crawford

I’m in the middle of a deck cluster F! Had a contractor who bailed on the project, guy never pulled permits. Now I’m going through the permit process trying to get what he has already done approved. For the footers, they need to be 42” below grade, looks like this guy did about 18” of concrete on top of 24” of pea gravel. Inspector failed the footers, but said to consult a structural engineer to see if the pea gravel approach he did is ok and if so he will sign off on them. So thought I would bring the question to the group, is that much pea gravel with that little concrete a solid approach? Trying to get an idea before I waste time with an engineer. Thanks.