J.P.
Senior Member
- Location
- United States
I went to a job today to work primarily on a A/c install and to drive a few ground rods on a new build going in.
The ground rods wouldn't drive. They had heavily compacted earth and we ruined one ground rod.
I did some reading in the nec about concrete encased ground rods and ended up tieing 3 8 footers together.
My question is Does it matter where in the footer the cee goes?
As it stands now there is 18" of footer poured and another 18 or so to go. I saw a minimum of 2" of concrete must cover the ground rods/rebar.
I am on top of the initial 18" pour right now.
There was no placement preference in the footing though. At this rate I could have dropped it on top of the rebar for the pad pour.....
Am I horribly mistaken? I am going back tomorrow to work on the A/C install so changing something isn't a problem.
The ground rods wouldn't drive. They had heavily compacted earth and we ruined one ground rod.
I did some reading in the nec about concrete encased ground rods and ended up tieing 3 8 footers together.
My question is Does it matter where in the footer the cee goes?
As it stands now there is 18" of footer poured and another 18 or so to go. I saw a minimum of 2" of concrete must cover the ground rods/rebar.
I am on top of the initial 18" pour right now.
There was no placement preference in the footing though. At this rate I could have dropped it on top of the rebar for the pad pour.....
Am I horribly mistaken? I am going back tomorrow to work on the A/C install so changing something isn't a problem.