Surveying and Marking the Footers for the Block
![Surveying and Marking the Footers for the Block](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/featured_image-marking.jpg?fit=1200%2C632&ssl=1)
![The concrete in the footers has dried.](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/footers-1.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
The concrete in the footers has dried. The surveyor came out to mark where the block will go.
![Nails to mark where the block will go. Spray paint to make it visible.](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nail.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
He put in nails and spray painted them to make them highly visible.
![One of the porch piers marked.](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/pier.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
This is one of the piers to hold up the porch.
![Nails to mark where the block will go. Spray paint to make it visible.](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/nails.jpg?resize=489%2C500&ssl=1)
I walked the footers looking at everything and…
![Really? Is that a footer mark?](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/kidding-2.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
![One of the marks is on the wall of the footer. The footers are wrong. The giant exorbitant footers are wrong. Aaaaaagh!!!!](https://i0.wp.com/www.projectsmallhouse.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/kidding.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
You’ve got to be kidding me!
They texted back. They are coming tomorrow to re-mark. They hope that the footers are wide enough to shift the house to keep it on the footers.
I Googled and it seems this is certainly not unheard of. There are a few fixes out there. But hopefully we can just shift the house over a bit and all will be fine.
I sure hope so!
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