Hi Folks,
We are interviewing builders and here's my new thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6256248#post6256248
Below you'll see a picture of our intended site. You can't tell much, but what I think is important is that the site slopes about 36 inches. It's higher in the back than in the front. Also in the back I notice more moss around the bottoms of some trees, relative to nearby trees. We live on a ridge such that water isn't standing, but we do have water push up through the rocks in different places on our rocky ten acres. Our house on a crawlspace, you can see a picture in the thread link above, has been fine for the last twelve years. I've been researching slabs for our new garage, for example: http://www.home-building-answers.com/slabs.html quote "while a lot with significant slope would favor one with a foundation wall. A very high water table on your lot may dictate a post tensioned slab that "floats" on the lot." We live in climate zone 3 and the ground is never very frozen for very long. I'm wondering what questions I should be asking a builder regarding how they might address a slab here. Any suggestions?
We are interviewing builders and here's my new thread:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=6256248#post6256248
Below you'll see a picture of our intended site. You can't tell much, but what I think is important is that the site slopes about 36 inches. It's higher in the back than in the front. Also in the back I notice more moss around the bottoms of some trees, relative to nearby trees. We live on a ridge such that water isn't standing, but we do have water push up through the rocks in different places on our rocky ten acres. Our house on a crawlspace, you can see a picture in the thread link above, has been fine for the last twelve years. I've been researching slabs for our new garage, for example: http://www.home-building-answers.com/slabs.html quote "while a lot with significant slope would favor one with a foundation wall. A very high water table on your lot may dictate a post tensioned slab that "floats" on the lot." We live in climate zone 3 and the ground is never very frozen for very long. I'm wondering what questions I should be asking a builder regarding how they might address a slab here. Any suggestions?
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