Does anyone wrap the moisture barrier around slab edges? Slab is 9" thick and 24" below grade. Its above water table, but location is kind of damp and sheet of vapor barrier left on the ground will show drops of water on the underside in less than a day. Would enough moisture migrate into the...
Does it make sense to wrap moisture barrier up and around slab edges and sealing all the joint and gaps to make it virtually air tight? Location is kind of damp and sheet of vapor barrier left on the ground will show drops of water on the underside in less than a day. Would enough moisture...
Working under severe space constraints, and need to put a new footing and grade beam as close as possible to the edge of existing slab, which bears a 15' tall 2x6 wood frame/drywall partition. Nothing on the left hand side of the partition to be disturbed.
This looks like an impossible task...
We are building a vibration isolated slab for sensitive scientific equipment. After reviewing a lot of literature, I see that anywhere between 1 ft to 8 ft of engineering fill were used, sometimes geo-textile fabric was also mentioned, but no details. I feel like its more of an art than a true...
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We are working on the old steel building with no original prints available. After contractor removed the old slab, there were hairpin rebars wrapped around column pedestals. I understand their purpose is to provide "some" lateral resistance. Anyone had previous experience with those being...
