After the wall is sized each wall member is checked for adequate strength and steel reinforcing is determined.
Pouring concrete walls before and after.
One reason this is comparatively safe is that footings are frequently sized to meet local code minimums that are actually oversize when compared with the load that the wall will place on the footing.
Once cured the concrete provides a secure and stable foundation for the home that will be built above.
Poured concrete foundations are an alternative to block or treated wood foundations.
The process involves building a form to hold the concrete in place installing reinforcing rods and then pouring the concrete.
To do this you ll need to drive stakes into the ground where you dug the footings.
Before you can start pouring the retaining wall you ll need to build the forms.
It is common practice to pour walls the day after the footings are poured but you re not likely to find a reference that says either you can or can t do this.