Ground water / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Frost Heave Prevention Helps Stop Frost Heaving Breaking up Home Foundations
New foundations and slab-on-grade

What causes frost heave? Preventing frost heaving is down to good foundation design

...ground. Foundations and basement walls can be cracked by frost heave in colder climate zones  Recap: the essentials to prevent frost heave To prevent or fix frost heave, you have to either deal with the water in the ground, or the temperature of the ground, and ideally both. You need to make sure water drains away fr...