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For those of you with thickened edge slabs single pour slabs (Alaskan slab), did you put foam board down in the footer or haunch? From my research I've seen it done both ways. I'd prefer to put foam board down over the whole thing as I want to minimize any "thermal bridging" where my radiant...

Looking for pictures of your frost protected shallow foundations or “Alaskan slabs” before the concrete. The flat part under the slab isn’t much of a concern, but I’m laying XPS over the sloped sides of the haunch and was wondering how meticulous I really need to be with it. All the diagrams I...

I have my shop site prepped and ready to pour the slab, and while going through the engineer’s notes, I noticed this section: “All footings and slab are to be treated with a termite control pesticide.” This caught me a little off guard since the structure is steel and concrete. I’m wondering...

For those of you who have a red iron steel building, how did you set your anchor bolts? I was planning on making a fixture to hold them in position and have the concrete guys pour around it. The concrete guys want to wet set them, which I am a little skeptical of considering there's a short...

I'm pouring a 40x60 frost protected monolithic slab, which includes 3 inches of EPS foam under the concrete to prevent the subgrade from freezing and heaving. My original plan was to first install the vapor barrier, then the foam, then staple to PEX directly to the foam board. But after...

Anyone have any recommendations for trench drains in a slab? I'm setting up mine now to be poured and wondering what brand/ system to go with. Obviously since they are poured into the concrete I get one shot at this and want to make sure I'm going with the best option. Also, It occurred to me...

I am buying a 40x60x16 red iron building and planning to do the install myself. The issue is the building will be delivered months before the pad is ready, and I'm trying to avoid renting my neighbors telehandler twice. The broker is telling me I will be fine unloading it with my 65 HP tractor...