I am building a 300 sq ft addition on my home, using helical piles and an ICF grade beam/crawl space wall. The grade beam/wall is only 24" tall (one and a half blocks tall), and will tie into helical post caps and lay on cardboard void forms between the piles. The piles will be about 7' apart for the most part. Im struggling to figure out the best/easiest way to lay/secure the ICFs, on top of the voids and pile caps for concrete pouring?
I read an older post, but the details didn't make much sense to me.
Most of this wall is above grade, so digging a deep trench is out of the question.
Should I....?
-Dig my shallow trench, level the bottom with fill, and simply say the void form to match the height of the pile caps. Then just lay the ICF on top and secure with stakes/wood?
-Build a wooden stretcher of sorts between and secured to the underside of the pile caps? Lay the void form within the wooden stretchers and lay the ICF on the stretchers?
I would gladly pay someone to do the foundation portion for me, but Im getting the impression that my small job may be difficult to find someone for.
Thanks for the help everyone.