I�d advise against it.
David Sophusson, Custer Wa.
>Hi Bubba,
There is no bond and no strength in a cold joint, you would be relying solely on the rebar. In my area for a proper foundation you have to pour a 6x12 inch footing 18 inches below ground level, deeper if you�re in a colder climate, with rebar and wire tied. Also you have to have 6 inches minim space between any building materials, such as sill plates and siding, and organic material such as soil and beauty bark if you plan to put flower beds around your building. I just looked at a house with an improper foundation, it was ugly! On one living room wall they built a proper brick fireplace on an approved footing. Then they bricked that entire wall around it. The house was built in �69 and now the foundation on that wall has sagged do to the weight of the brick more that four inches in one spot. The fireplace hasn�t moved an inch but the house is settling around it. They did use reinforced concrete in a single pour but just not enough so now if you sight down the top of the foundation it rises up and down like a lazy �S�, it would most certainly have been worse had they not done a single pour.
Another alternative for you maybe would be to pour a proper reinforced footing at code depth for your area then build up using cinder blocks for the rest of the foundation as you come across them. Some times they can be found for next to nothing or even free.
Sophie, who in a past life was a journeyman bricklayer but that was 30 years ago.
