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To meet code, which I don't have to it'd 42". I'm actually doing a monoslab so when you do that you don't have to do 42", not sure I understand the logic there at least for code. The excavating I did there was to get rid of the overburden which holds alot of moisture and can frost heave. I'll be backfilling with clean material or NFS material.
 
ak diesel driver said:
To meet code, which I don't have to it'd 42". I'm actually doing a monoslab so when you do that you don't have to do 42", not sure I understand the logic there at least for code. The excavating I did there was to get rid of the overburden which holds alot of moisture and can frost heave. I'll be backfilling with clean material or NFS material.
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Here it's to have the footing below the frost line, so that come winter and the moisture in the ground froze it wouldn't heave the footing up and crack the fountation, shift walls, etc.
 
In our area, the freezing depth is about 2m (7ft). The soil is sandy rocky. There is no clay. Therefore, small houses and garages are built on a shallow foundation (1 foot). or on piles driven to a depth of more than 3m (10ft) if it is a lowland with water-saturated soil. "Insulated Swedish slabs", with a built-in heated floor contour, are one of the most popular foundations.
 
swamp coolers do nothing here with the humidity as high as it gets here. some days the ac can't even put a dent in it. LOL I've had the ac running in my truck and see the condensate hose I clamped and ran out over the frame just pour water out like a open faucet, my wife had to ask me if I was leaking coolant as it pooled and ran out from under the truck!
 
dbrannon79 said:
swamp coolers do nothing here with the humidity as high as it gets here. some days the ac can't even put a dent in it. LOL I've had the ac running in my truck and see the condensate hose I clamped and ran out over the frame just pour water out like a open faucet, my wife had to ask me if I was leaking coolant as it pooled and ran out from under the truck!
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Wasn't Beryl nice!
 
dbrannon79 said:
swamp coolers do nothing here with the humidity as high as it gets here. some days the ac can't even put a dent in it. LOL I've had the ac running in my truck and see the condensate hose I clamped and ran out over the frame just pour water out like a open faucet, my wife had to ask me if I was leaking coolant as it pooled and ran out from under the truck!
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The coolers and in some places a/c -aren’t for people, its to keep equipment at an acceptable level. Cost of cooling to a certain point extends life of the equipment. As much as I hate komputers and automation stuff-i like that they get kept at 78-80° max and low humidity. That equals a/c!
 
Is that pex tubing your using? the area that will be exposed to the weather going into the wall, you might want to make sure you have ways to connect to and fix that way your not having to bust into the cement later on. maybe use steel or copper tubing coming out of the slab. something that will last being exposed.
 
dbrannon79 said:
Is that pex tubing your using? the area that will be exposed to the weather going into the wall, you might want to make sure you have ways to connect to and fix that way your not having to bust into the cement later on. maybe use steel or copper tubing coming out of the slab. something that will last being exposed.
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I'd bet Les knows what is needed, probably not his first rodeo with concrete in Alaska....
 
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