Foundation footings

[Guest eddie57]

Can someone tell me what should be the maximun distance between one footing and the next when desiging a foundation plan? What I mean is other than the footings under a load bearing wall.

 

Thanks

Eddie

[M. Steadman]

I think you need to give us more information. There are many factors to consider.

What are you building?

House/ Garage / Deck? What is the floor load that you are supporting.

Work from the top down. What are the floor joists or floor system.

What size of beams do you want to use? Or what span are you trying to cover with the floor. This will bring you to the foundation walls or piers.

[Arnel]

If you mean pad footing, there is no specific maximum distance prescribed by the code. This is usually driven by the spacing of your framing layout (i.e. beam and column). However this may vary from case to case if your architectural layout requires uninterrupted space meaning no interior columns then you will most likely have exterior to exterior side column which is very far from one another but still can be designed structurally using most likely pre or post tensioned members.