My pregnant daughter will move back home from 1500 miles away IF we give her her own living quarters. It is very important to me that she is near when she has this baby, she isn't much more than a baby herself...and I'm sure you can guess the rest of the story...
Anyway, my plan is to build a 12x16 guesthouse...but to has to have an upstairs bedroom...due to space restrictions. We are hoping to plumb it through the house into our septic bed and our hot water tank, etc. Where it gets tricky is that we live Northern Canada and we have to devise it so it will work through the winter. For that I am thinking we need some kind of foundation...but the spot isn't level...and it is on rock...bedrock mostly. We can't get fill to that spot without wheelbarrelling it in. It is about 10 feet from the east side of the house, and in direct line with out utility room. Question...can a cordwood foundation be put on uneven ground? does it have to start below the frost line? The frost line is 3 ft here and there is bedrock directly below the existing ground. Is there a way of doing this with some sort of insulated foundation without having to use fill? And can we direct plumb into our existing plumbing by going in through the foundation of our house? Ideas anyone??? Thanks so much, this is so important to me
Anyway, my plan is to build a 12x16 guesthouse...but to has to have an upstairs bedroom...due to space restrictions. We are hoping to plumb it through the house into our septic bed and our hot water tank, etc. Where it gets tricky is that we live Northern Canada and we have to devise it so it will work through the winter. For that I am thinking we need some kind of foundation...but the spot isn't level...and it is on rock...bedrock mostly. We can't get fill to that spot without wheelbarrelling it in. It is about 10 feet from the east side of the house, and in direct line with out utility room. Question...can a cordwood foundation be put on uneven ground? does it have to start below the frost line? The frost line is 3 ft here and there is bedrock directly below the existing ground. Is there a way of doing this with some sort of insulated foundation without having to use fill? And can we direct plumb into our existing plumbing by going in through the foundation of our house? Ideas anyone??? Thanks so much, this is so important to me
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