Permanent Wood Foundation Custom Designs
Complete design service and installation training

For those desiring a specific Permanent Wood Foundation design for their particular building, this has been the best solution for hundreds of American and Canadian builders. Having supplied custom designs for over 21 years to customers as far north as Canada and as far south as Florida... we know what is required to make any wood foundation work.

A custom design will ensure that your foundation system is constructed and installed in accordance with codes and standards. Similar to your building blueprints, our extensive 50 page PWF design manuals will ensure that your foundation is constructed correctly. After all... it is the supporting base for the entire house.

Due to the varying nature of each site and building design, please contact our office for directions on what we need from you for us to properly develop your PWF design maunals. And yes, PWF's can be used for commercial structurals. Call your lumber dealer to find out more about our design services.

Plan Analysis Checklist

PWF Inspection Report
PWF Quality Control Foundation Inspection Report

Each Foundation package which is certified as being in compliant with this Permanent Wood Foundation fabrication specification shall be produced under a quality control program, and each panel and component parts in the package shall comply with this specification. A certificate of inspection showing conformance to this specification and to approved shop drawings shall be issued by the fabricator and shall be sent in duplicate to the purchase of each foundation package.

An inspection shall be made on each foundation system certified as being in compliance with this specification, and a written inspection report shall be prepared. The fabricator shall maintain a file copy of each inspection report for not less than two years.

The inspection report on each foundation system shall indicate that the inspectors has access to approved shop drawing for that job and shall include but not be limited to:

PWF Foundation Inspection Report - pdf 363kb

While wood foundations are easy to build, this is only true if one is building from an accurate well designed plan. When such a plan is incorrect, or if something is left out of the plan or absent, or if a design is made using a guide manual (these are not design manuals); major mistakes can be made during the construction process. These errors cause problems for the owner, builder, and the building department

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