Basement Slab design
Basement Slab design
(OP)
Looking for suggestions on what I can refer to on this. I had no luck finding something specific in the ACI 318-14. I am somewhat concerned actually about the possibility of moisture pressure, especially when it rains and water pushes through a basement. The specific one has this so-called "French Drain." The plan is to deepen the basement and insulate it to work like the reverse of a pool, essentially keeping all the water out even if the water reaches above the level of the basement floor, without lifting the building.
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RE: Basement Slab design
DaveAtkins
RE: Basement Slab design
Buoyancy is an issue. Often we try to increase dead load of the floor to resist buoyancy, or sometimes we install helical piles that will resist uplift. There are many variables.