Frost Protected Shallow Foundation for garage
Frost Protected Shallow Foundation for garage
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I have been renovating my own place and one of my tasks is to build an attached three car garage. Since money is tight, I have been researching alternative foundation systems and came across this:
http://ww w.toolbase .org/docs/ SubsystemN av/Foundat ions/4495_ RevisedFPS FGuide.pdf
Since I have never dealt with this sort of system I am looking for some input or thoughts. I live in Canada and believe I am in the 4000 AFI range. The build area is glacial till and the heated garage would be approx. 24 x 36 ft.
If properly designed, would this be a feasable alternative to a typical slab/footing design?
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Since I have never dealt with this sort of system I am looking for some input or thoughts. I live in Canada and believe I am in the 4000 AFI range. The build area is glacial till and the heated garage would be approx. 24 x 36 ft.
If properly designed, would this be a feasable alternative to a typical slab/footing design?





RE: Frost Protected Shallow Foundation for garage
RE: Frost Protected Shallow Foundation for garage
RE: Frost Protected Shallow Foundation for garage
You may also find that your local building department will not allow the system to be used.
RE: Frost Protected Shallow Foundation for garage
Scandinavian countries have something in the order of 1 million frost protected structures built since the 1960's.