Slab on Grade
How to build a slab-on-grade on standard soil
...house sits at about grade at the north side, but needed about 3 feet of fill at the south edge to level the building site.
Compacted slab on grade base © Ecohome
A plate packer was used to tamp the ground in stages to ensure a solid base, as seen above. A retaining wall was built using rocks from the site to hold the...