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Had a contractor tear into my foundation plan and I actually listened
A while back I hired a builder I really respected to look over my plans before I broke ground on a house I was designing for a client here in Vermont. He took one look at my foundation layout and basically said 'you're asking for trouble with the frost line on that north wall.' I had drawn up a standard slab on grade but he pointed out that the soil on that side of the lot had a lot of clay and would heave something fierce come January. I was pretty set on my design but he had 30 years in the business so I switched to a full frost wall with insulation. That was 3 winters ago and the house hasn't had a single crack or heave issue. Anybody else had an older builder change your plans for the better like that?
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noahjenkins21d ago
you're asking for trouble with the frost line on that north wall" - man that exact same thing happened to me with a guy who built houses around here for 40 years. He caught a drainage issue I totally missed on my own plans and saved me a ton of headache later.
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henrygrant21d ago
Hate when people ignore the old timers. That guy with 40 years experience probably saw a dozen north walls crack before breakfast. Frost heave is no joke, it'll lift a whole foundation if you don't get it right.
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