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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Nice. So you dig a footer trench and just pour it level? Or do you use forms?

I am thinking of using two by eights as forms right on the ground 
recently excavated with the backhoe. Very solid stuff, clay and rock 
of all sizes, and by the time I do the forms it will have had about 
three hundred backhoe movement packings. After the building is built 
I will lay down four inches of gravel, then pour my concrete sections 
on top of that. So the finished floor will be eight inches above the 
soil. Of course I will also slope the surrounding area to cause rain 
water to move away from the building. So far, besides moving a huge 
amount of material, the biggest challenge is getting the site level.