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This is for a walkout basement.
Is it bad practice to have just 3 walls of foundation and thus frame the wall the walkout is on?
I'm wondering if this would be a lot of torque at the opposite corners (red circles) from the gravel backfill pushing in on the foundation walls (red arrows)?(Note: there is a concrete frost wall below the wood framing on the walkout side)
See attached picture.
3-wall (open) foundation? is it ok? or bad in practice?
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Thanks guys.
NRST8TRKR, the reason I'm concerned about the stress on the walls is that there will be a retaining wall at the left and right sides of the walkout so the grade won't drop as much as typical, thus having a bit more pressure from the backfill.