Poured and block foundations both sit on concrete footings, or poured pads that serve as a base for the walls. Footings are constructed in trenches dug beneath the level of the basement floor.

Ez-Footings Ez-Footings, a reusable aluminum system from Concrete Forms Services, is fully adjustable in height and length. The two-sided form means there is no dominant top, bottom, left or right.

It's important to realize the foundation footing the forms rest on should be perfectly flat and level. The ICF blocks are precision products and will conform to whatever they're placed on.

Concrete footing forms should be made from sturdy 2-by-8s or 2-by-10s. Many foundation contractors prefer to use 2-by-8’s and stake them up off the ground several inches.

In the early 1990s Barry Herbert, then president of Otsego, Mich.,-based concrete contractor Herbert Construction Co., learned an alternative method for forming footings. Barry spoke with Ron ...

With interlocking insulated concrete forms, it’s important to realize the foundation footing the ICFs rest on should be perfectly flat and level, and the footing needs to be perfectly square.

If you’re planning to have concrete poured for a footing or foundation, then an innovative Canadian building product is worth considering. It’s called Fastfoot, it has won several awards, and ...

Six hunks of concrete — called footings — that are supposed to support steel beams are not strong enough, said civic center director David O’Neal.