land ripping necessary.

[StillHope]

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Originally posted by Daniel

Still hope,

Your lot might not need ripping. It seemed like it was quite loose already when I visited it.

Daniel R Diamond

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Thank you,Daniel.It is very nice of you.

[mella l]

Cat thanks for the correction and education! Guess I haven't looked under enough homes on PIP!~ Next trip. Do shear walls need to be excavated before placed, when you are working on solid level lava field?

mella l

[waynesb]

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Originally posted by Hotzcatz

Usually pier blocks are just set on a level bit of ground, you don't want to attach them solidly to the earth unless you are on a slope or have some other considerations. The pier blocks are strapped to the bottom of the posts, the posts are braced two, three or four ways to the bottom of the floor joists and if there is an earthquake the posts will stay in place under the house if they can move when the house moves. If you have them attached firmly to the ground and the ground shakes, then they may break off the posts and stay put when your house dances.

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Is this right??? It seems completely wrong to me, but I'm no engineer.

[billy]

sorry stillhope have not been on in awhile ,what i did was look on craigslist and start calling and when you find your price start asking around on here and see if anybody knows how good of work they will do for you even check the contractors lic dept see if there is any complaints good luck, bill

[Bullwinkle]

john 960 4032

this guy is gifted on a d-9 .. he did mine, 400 ft driveway and a house pad, reasonable and no bs

[StillHope]

Thank you,Bullwinkle.
If I need the service,I'll definitely call the guy.I trust your judgment.(I assumed the "woof" approved also).
"No bs" -that is the most important.
Billy,thank you for your input.Graigslist is good ,but Punaweblist is much better.

[robguz]

StillHope,
You just put base course on top of the a'a you have and build on that. I think your lot has at least one huge ironwood which you'll probably want to get rid of. You can always have whoever digs your septic hole dig out the tree too. I had my guy dig out a bunch of junk weed trees I had in one area of my lot.

[StillHope]

Thank you,Rob!
I was going to ask you,but you are too busy with your building.BTW,the house is growing like a miracle!
I mostly concerned with growing staff,planting trees.I trust that Daniel Diamond knows a thing or two about the land,(after all he has to drill it!),but just curious what is the basic rule of thumb as to rip or not for planting the trees?
Anyway,thanks again,Rob.I am happy to have you as a neighbor!

[YurtGirl]

Jon is good, two shakas up~

[robguz]

I don't know the basic rule, but more people have pahoehoe and we have a'a rubble in most of Seaview. You can use a pickaxe to make a decent sized hole and about a foot down is a more cindery "soil." Of the several trees I planted before I moved here (hence no water other than rain) none of them died over 3 years.