snooks
Bronze Member
I tore down a house about 3 years ago. I used my Yanmar 2500 with loader to fill in the basement after removing brick and concrete. The house was on a hill and therefore I was able to dig a road/ramp on the lower end of the basement to make it easy to get loads of dirt into the basement. Since the house sat on a hill, I used surrounding top soil (Central Illinois black dirt) to fill the hole and to lower the elevation of the lot. Since I have done this I have notice some settling, but not a lot. I would like to build a slab foundation over this area. How long should I wait? Would it be better to dig the dirt back out and tamp in sand? Maybe go ahead and put in a basement? Please help.