Recent content by ColeHamilton2615

My plan right now was to do 1 row of CMU for the wood framing to sit on. More work that I can do and less that I have to pay to have done!

Thanks TurnipTruck! I check my soil in the GIS and it says it is excessively drained sandy loam soil so it should be perfect for this application!

Thanks LLWillysfan, I think I’ll also put the insulation directly under the slab and gravel under that with a 6 mil vapor barrier in between. Do you think the thickens slab edge is overkill? I’ve talked to a couple other people who have done 18” deep by 18 wide.

Here is my proposed foundation section. 2" underslab insulation under the entire building that continues under the thickened edge and out 4' past the wall. I'll break the slab and edge at the interior wall between heated and unheated and put 2" rigid between the slab edges. This should bring the...

Thanks everyone, LlWillysfan, that was my exact concern. I'm going to draw up a section quick to make sure i'm on the same page.

Thanks Everyone, I feel more comfortable now that some people have this and haven't had issues. Does anyone have a shop that is partially heated and partial cold storage? How did you or did you thermally break the slab between the heated and not heated portions?

Soil is very sand where I am located.

That's good to hear! How deep and wide were the slab edges? I'm thinking 24" deep x 18" wide. Did you use rebar for the foundation and to tie into the slab and the WWF from there?

Hi All, I'm frantically planning to build a 30x40 stick built garage before winter hits. I talked to a concrete contractor about getting me on his schedule and I'm locked in, but he thinks we can just do a reinforced concrete slab with thickened slab edges. Has anyone else done something like...