PSA: watch your footing on fresh footings in wet weather, especially in Seattle.

I was setting a corner on a footing pour that had just been stripped yesterday and my right foot sank a good three inches into the muck, throwing my whole line off and nearly sending me into the rebar cage before I caught myself on the string line. Has anyone else had a footing settle weird after a rain and how do you check for it?

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allen.william2d ago

Fresh footings in wet weather" is the real problem, not your footing. That muck means the ground under the pour wasn't compacted right before the concrete went in. You check for it with a probe or a rod before you strip the forms, not after.

white.grant1d ago

Seriously, how often does that actually get checked on site though? I've seen crews just pour right over mud to stay on schedule. That rod check sounds good in theory but gets skipped.