[Paul T]

Thanks for the comments so far...HardDrive, yeah the lack of a conventional footing is what seems to give most people concern the first time they look at this, but (in this area at least), there are quite a few high end homes that have been up for 15+ yrs with this system and no problems that I've been able to dig up. I'm not an engineer so can't really comment on the load spread vs a concrete footer, but it's an interesting system for sure. This particular house is just a couple years old.