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Hey everybody! I have a 75' wide building lot with street access from above. Average slope is 25%. I'd like to keep the garage slab only a little below the street level This would avoid a long steep driveway and walking up 2 floors. It's pretty expensive for a suspended slab using ICF decking...

Hi! I'd like to know the pros and cons of different garage slab elevation choices. I have a sloped lot whose average grade is 25%. Plan to make a 1/4 circle drive entering from the top right corner. Proposed garage corners for my 35x28 garage as shown on the sketches. The lot contour sketch has...

Hi! I will have a 25x25 garage built on a 25% sloped lot. Low side slab floor will be ~2' above grade, high side 6' below. I will have living space above. From what i've read, I would need footings with a stepped stem wall and a slab. This would then be 3 separate pours? Is this the best...

Haven't been able to find a decent DIY site to post questions yet. Suggestions? I'm considering building my own floor trusses. A few questions/considerations: 1. Is this relatively easy? I've don't have a lot of wood construction experience, but built from plans my airplane. Wings and fuselage...

I have a 1/2 acre sloped building lot 75' wide for my house and garage. Public gravel road is at the top. Slope is 25% in the build area. Without slope considerations, I'd build a garage in front of and to the right of the house as shown in the sketch. House site could move no further down, but...