When building slab foundations, the concrete pour comes after the footings have set and before walls are erected. Dirt is compacted and backfilled with 4 to 6 inches of gravel.

Slab-on-grade foundations are heavy-duty concrete slabs with footings dug into the ground under the slab. They’re typically reinforced with rebar, and their wide footings disperse the weight of ...

A foundation system that sports a crawl space is indeed a step or two above a slab foundation. Generally speaking, a footing is poured and short foundation walls are built to support the home.

Form-A-Drain is a three-in-one concrete footing form system, foundation drainage system and sub-slab perimeter radon reduction system that stays in place after the footings are poured.

News; Features; Bearing wall footing is key to a house’s structural integrity Sun., June 12, 2016 This massive long block of poured concrete is a bearing wall footing. It will be covered with ...

Like a lot of homes in area, my entire roof is not guttered. On my current home, I have gutters in the front and the back, but none in the side, just one ...

If the plasticity figure is greater than 45, the footings, foundation and slab systems must be designed by a Kansas-licensed structural engineer to obtain a building permit.

This type of foundation requires you to excavate deeper and pour concrete footings and piers. In turn, the piers support the ...

But if someone did build a slab house, Tim Ryan, codes administrator at Overland Park, said the city would aggressively enforce soil studies and a firm requirement for steel-reinforced foundations.

When building slab foundations, the concrete pour comes after the footings have set and before walls are erected. Dirt is compacted and backfilled with 4 to 6 inches of gravel.