The footings establishes the base for the wall. Did you know they are also wider than the walls and include a base for the stairs and bearing wall ?
With a crew of about a dozen men, the foundations are erected and then filled to create....
WALLA!! A Basement
Just as quickly as the hole was dug, the basement popped out of nowhere! We were surprised, but even more so with how tall it was. My father clued us in to the fact that we actually gained a few more inches making our basement ceilings higher than the main floor...and the reason for the height out of the ground was to match the neighbors driveway.
