This excavation sloped to the sides for drainage and about 1 8 inch per foot toward the front of the garage so the slab would drain toward the doors.
Frost slab at door.
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Due to extensive shallow ledge i m designing a slab on grade foundation for a seaside home in massachusetts zone 5a.
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Stem wall to be held down at the doors and slab poured through opening.
This is in an area where frost heave is not a big concern frost depth typically 12 by code but probably actually less than that.
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Freezing temperatures water and frost susceptible soil.
Here s an easy one.
Because of heat loss to the surrounding soil heated buildings rarely suffer frost heave damage.
The strip footing is 1 4 thick x 2 6 wide and is 1 4 below slab.
Three conditions required for frost heave.
Instead of excavating to below the frostline insulate below the edge of the slab and out from the building.
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Frost protected shallow garage slab.
Three ways of preventing frost heave.
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At the perimeter the slab would be 12 inches.
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The slab is 5 thick.
For frost heave to occur three things must be present.
Because of gently sloping topography neither a thickened slab edge nor a frost protected shallow foundation seems possible so i intend to use a frost wall with a slab separated thermally by rigid insulation.