The key to having accurate results is to take all samples from soil has not been touch by any equipment. There are several different types of equipment which are used today to take a sample for you. The first type is hollow stem auger, then spilt tube sampler, and finally osteber piston. Depending on the size and amount of testing to be done to a job site, the cost can range from a couple of hundred dollars to close to a thousand dollars. When you receive your results back from the lab, there are three main things that it will show you.
Most labs use one of two main types of classification systems to determine the type of soil.
If you did not want to spend the money to do a soil test, you could contact your local department of agriculture or look at one of the county soil survey maps at the local library. I hope that you understand what the word bearing capacity means and why it is so important to known how much a soil can support. Because if you build a house on a soil that can t support the weight of the house over time the house is going to settle and that is going to cause cracks to show in your walls. Secondly, I wish that I gave you some ways to test your soil and find out what type of soil it is that you have. Residential Foundations, Home Builder Press.