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Originally Posted by catnthehat
Built hundreds if basements working residential when I was younger
Weeping tile around the outside of the footing , 6" of washed gravel on top and damp proofed walls.
Things may have changed since the '70's however!
Cat
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Where I worked, it depended on the location and soil conditions, easy way for builders to save a few bucks.
Grizz
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"Indeed, no human being has yet lived under conditions which, considering the prevailing climates of the past, can be regarded as normal."
John E. Pfeiffer The Emergence of Man
written in 1969
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