I LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE IS VERY LITTLE TOP SOIL AnD I AM TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE WITH A BASEMENT. WHEN YOU EXCAVATE THE FOUNDATION YOU DIG DIRECTLY INTO THE LImeSTONE AND i HAVE TO HAVE IT HAMMERED OUT. SO WHEN IT COME TO FORMING THE FOOTING THERE IS NO UNDISTURBED SOIL TO BUILD THE FORMS IN. HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT FORMING IN BED ROCK OR ON THIS LIMESTONE?

[This message has been edited by DAVID WILCOXN (edited March 03, 2000).]