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Pouring a Monolithic Slab on grade for a Passive Solar LEED Home © Ecohome
Slab on Grade

Monolithic slab-on-grade foundations - Super insulated for LEED Homes & Passive House

...soil conditions: Got tricky soil? Monolithic slabs can work on problematic or unstable soil conditions like peat, infill, or expansive clay soils when footings. Of course, this always requires the necessary geotechnical and structural engineering work to ensure success, but would you believe that building on EPS foam m...