What is Slab on Grade Foundation You would know that one of the most important design considerations while constructing a house is its foundation. Slab on grade or ground foundation is a design of foundation that involves pouring of concrete slabs directly on the ground, meaning there is no gap between the ground and the concrete. […]
Pier and beam Foundation Vs Slab Foundation Comparison
Pier and Beam Foundations A pier foundation allows you to isolate the house off the ground. This means the house is technically decoupled from the ground as a whole. Steel studs remove the possibility of wood rot and concrete creates roughly one kilogram of CO2 for every kilogram of concrete. This means pier and beam […]
Slab Foundation Vs Crawl Space Foundation Vs Basement – What’s The Difference?
There are some confusions among civil engineering students as well as professionals on relative differences among slab foundations, crawl space foundations and basement. So we have decided to write a post on this topic. First, we will go through the basic concepts of each of the topics and then we will summarize the relative differences between slab […]
Slab on Grade Foundation – Advantages, Disadvantages and Uses of Slab Foundations
Slab on grade foundations are also commonly known as floating slab foundations. The foundation is formed using a mold that is set into the ground rather than digging a basement for the structure. There is no space between the ground and the poured concrete. Uses of Slab Foundations Slab foundations are used under the following […]
