| | CMU block stem wall on footings to elevate house with slab cap on fill within (no crawl space). Less impact on floodplain and neighbors than raising whole site. |
| | Top course shaped to provide form for slab cap |
| | Roy Domangue (builder) putting rebar reinforcement in the stem walls |
| | | Stem wall CMUs are filled with concrete |
| | Layer of limestone fill within stem walls |
| | Layers of stable soil fill within stem walls |
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