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Foundation Option 8:Frost Protected Shallow Foundation
Foundation Option 8:Frost Protected Slab
Bohnhoff: Below-grade insulation for post-frame buildings Frame Building News 1-2010
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Thickened Edge Frost Protection Options
Bohnhoff: Frame Building News Jan. 2010
Frost Protection Thermal Dynamics
Bohnhoff: Frame Building News Jan. 2010
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Foundation Option 9: Pre-Cast Piers with Grade Beam
>12”
Post-frame buildings may accommodate a basement
if a bracket is set upon a concrete basement wall.
Post-frame also can accommodate pre-manufactured basement walls
for partial basements
Foundation Option 10:Basement Walls
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Drill-Set Brackets
Place on:
� Slab
� Stem wall
� CMU wall
� Deck Pier
� Basement Wall
Universal “L” bracket fits corners and odd sized posts
Wet-Set Brackets
Place on:
� 18” Turn-Down Slab
� Stem wall
� Pier tube
� Deck Pier
� Basement Wall
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Faux Beams and Timbers
Post Foundation Repair
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Post-frame buildings may accommodate more
foundation options than any other type of building
Foundation Option 11:Screw-Pile foundations
Frame Building News Magazine
“Helical Screw-Piles: Alternative Support for
Post-Frame Buildings”
Alan J. Lutenegger, PhD., P.E.
Professor of Civil & Env. Engineering
University of Massachusetts
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