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"Frost protected shallow foundation"

Frost protected shallow foundation / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Frost Heave Prevention Helps Stop Frost Heaving Breaking up Home Foundations
New foundations and slab-on-grade

What causes frost heave? Preventing frost heaving is down to good foundation design

...frost heave.    Now you know more about how to protect foundations and slabs from frost heave. Learn more about best practices for energy efficient and durable basement construction and renovations in these pages: How to build frost protected shallow foundations using foam forms Building better basements: how ...

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How to Build a Frost Protected Shallow Foundation (FPSF) Forms
Delivery: radiant, forced-air and decentralized

Design and construction of frost-protected shallow foundations with radiant heat

...foundation slab. Frost protected shallow foundation (FPSF) forms are in our opinion a great way to build a dependable foundation, and we're going to show how easy installing frost protected shallow foundation forms is here. How to build frost protected shallow foundations - why we chose this system EcoHome built our de...

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Resilient home construction - Kenogami House of the Year
Efficient home design

"The Most Resilient House in North America"

A resilient home for sustainability Northern Quebec isn’t a place where one might expect to look for a model of resilience. It’s bone-chilling cold in the winter with 10,450 heating degree days per year (Fahrenheit degree-days, base 65°F); there isn’t all that much sunlight in the winter, and Quebec—let alone northern ...

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Passive Solar Home design at it's best - Kenogami House - EcoHome
Passive solar home design

Ecohome Kenogami House wins Home of the Year Award

Along with its unprecedented achievements, the Kenogami House continues to act as a laboratory for resilient, cold climate building practices. Through software energy modeling it was determined that the Kenogami House would likely require 14.6 kWh of heat per square metre per year, but its actual performance seems to b...

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Step by step guide for slab-on-grade home construction
Slab on Grade

Slab-on-grade construction: the Ecohome A to Z Slab building guide

...foundations through Code. Frost Protected Shallow Foundation or FPSF insulation design details for slab on grade Slab-on-grade step by step Instructions for problem expansive soils and high water tables EXCAVATION for slab on grade foundation: Hire an engineer to establish how to seat the footing for the foundations...

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Prefab frost-protected shallow foundation insulated form kit
Slab on Grade

Raft slabs - How to build Insulated frost protected shallow foundations (FPSF) on problem soils

...frost protected shallow foundation forms in a raft foundation Frost protected shallow foundations forms - details for edge profiles Frost protected shallow foundation forms - assembly details for corners Skirt detail for frost protected shallow foundation slab forms  Rebar detailing for frost protected shallow ...

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