Shallow foundation / Discussions

I am in the early stages of planning a new home build. Am I correct in assuming that slab on grade constuction with passive floor heating would rule out the use of a heat pump. Also I would question your depiction of crawl spaces as damp and moldy. In a previous house I built with ICF walls the crawlspace was warm and ...

...foundation (frost protected shallow foundation) needs to be engineered to meet the conditions of our climate. Our last demo house is in Quebec, Canada, which is about the same climate conditions as yours in Minnesota. By factoring the heat loss of a slab (meaning - how much insulation, and whether or not it is heated, ...

...shallow foundation directly adjacent to a house with an existing foundation. You would need to have it properly engineered of course a good possible solution in such a case would be an prefab engineered raft slab kit as they only require the removal of the top 6 inches of organic matter, so you would not need to do muc...

I am looking to put in a 24X36 Post and Beam Garage/Workshop, assuming the post are mounted on a concrete pillar below the frost line, how would you integrate the Slab on grade with that construction? There isn’t a case where we would suggest going below the frost line with frost walls for a slab on grade, we prefer to...

...foundation?  On your site, you discuss Frost Protected Shallow Foundation - or FPSF., 8 inches Rockwool rigid board under the exterior of the slab, Tpye III EPS foam under footings  and a skirt of R8 insulation extending out 4 feet.  ARe these suitable for such conditions.  Have these materials been tested to see if th...

...foundation supports the house evenly and did not need a lot of fill dirt. What is my best option for cost and energy savings? should I just use a stander slab, or do you have something like this without the heated floors that would work better? A Legalett raft slab has an optional air heated radiant floor, but it is no...

...foundation, so to speak. We live in a high ranch, with the front door cut into the existing foundation, so the idea would be to bring the foundation to "level" (tying in door, window spaces)  and then having a slab at that height, which would put us well above water. Of course this would need to be engineered. But, goi...