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Newbie with a pole barn concern
I am having a pole barn built next week. Just today they finished with the site prep, moving dirt and putting in fill. Due to a hill side the back corner of the building will be 12 inches or so below ground level. They are using extra posts and band boards etc to support the back fill. The concern I have is that prior to them putting the fill down there was about an inch or two of water in the back corner. The water is several inches below the fill and we just had about 10 inches of snow melt last week so I know that is part of it. I am just envisioning my builder digging the holes for the poles and them begin full of water. In the county I live in they require a concrete biscuit or concrete footer in the bottom of each hole that has to be inspected before the poles are set and the holes are filled in.
If there is water in the holes when they start digging is this a huge deal or am I sweating over nothing? I am assuming that depending on which part of the country you are in it is not uncommon to hit water if you dig down several feet.
Any input or advice is welcome, Thanks in advance.
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Newbie with a pole barn concern
Everything is fresh dig. The place were the barn is going to be sitting is pretty close to the same level as my house, of not higher. My house has a crawl space and it stays dry so I no concerned with it being in water long term, I just think that with the snow melt and the digging I am getting some surface water. A friend of mine has a pump I am going to pump the little bit of water out this afternoon and see if it gets more water or if that is it. Right now I am planning on (assuming I get water in some of the holes) pumping the holes out and putting the concrete in the bottom. Then if the get some more water in them I can pump them out again for the hole inspections. Of course the Indiana weather is constantly changing. A couple days ago there was no rain in the fore cast for next week. Now there is a slight chance every day.
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