Footing Checklist
Don’t forget to bring
- Shovels
- Post Hole Diggers
- Rakes
- Compactors
- Lumber or sono tubes
- Stakes
- String
- Levels or Lasers
- Tape measures
- Rebar, wire mesh
- Tie wire
- Bolt cutters, rebar cutters, or angle grinders
Process
- Call Miss Dig or your local utility locating service
- Establish your elevation
- Establish the outside dimension of the footing
- Install drains or weeps
- Install reinforcement (rebar)
- Get a footing inspection
- Pour concrete in the forms only after you’ve passed your inspection
- Trowel the top of the footings flat and level, or as specified
- Remove formwork when possible after pouring