[longfellowsmuse]

It’s the same thing in S Texas. We had a home in San Antonio, under 6 inches of top soil is solid bedrock. No basement possible.

[DoughtyOne]

I’ve not been in an area like that. That’s amazing.

I’m used to being able to plow the earth down a foot if we wanted to.

Lived in Southwestern Missouri for 15 years.

[Southack]

"It’s the same thing in S Texas. We had a home in San Antonio, under 6 inches of top soil is solid bedrock. No basement possible."

People in Decatur, Texas told that to my dad...who then detonated 1100 cases of dynamite (with permits!) so that he could have one in spite of them.

...it can be done.

[austinaero]

It’s the same thing in S Texas. We had a home in San Antonio, under 6 inches of top soil is solid bedrock. No basement possible.

In the Austin area, there is a very wide and deep seam or seams of limestone,,,tons of quarries around. We hit limestone about 18 inches under our soil. It’s everywhere.