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He also had a good idea on the site leveling. I have an 18" slope over the 74 ft distance, and I planned to put clay in after pilings are installed. His concern is the frozen material will not pack well and the frost coming out from below will make a mess of it. He suggested just get gravel and fill the slope with that. It has to have gravel anyways for the crawl space, so this will do it well. We agreed to have his hoe here during the move so if needed they can drop the mobile and he can take it into site with the hoe, as it has superior maneuverability. That will make it a foolproof operation. Monday the development application goes in, and the countdown starts. Hopefully some pictures soon.
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Put fabric or geotextile down before the gravel is spread, it will separate the gravel from the material underneath. That way it will allow the frost and moisture to come out. The gravel will be more of a ‘mat’ this way and spread any point loads that you end up on the gravel.
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I suspected it was clay, apparently you’re familiar with the textiles. It’s amazing what the stuff will do, especially in wet conditions, or with clay. Sent from my iPhone using ShopFloorTalk mobile app |
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each year I was there saw a new major building go up and every one the same. dig a big hole to get the worst of the peat off the top, lay down a sheet of terram, cover it with 2 foot of stone and drive piles through it. 5 story concrete buildings standing on sh*te, it really is magical stuff |
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All house and trailer skirting up there is painted 3/8 plywood ending about 3 inches before the rock or dirt, because of the frost movement of the ground. Sometimes a 3 inch gap is not enough.
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What brand of ICF are you going to use?
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When we were considering a basement, we were going to use Nudura, because they have a local supplier that runs training classes, and has approved contractors, and ICF is the only thing they sell, it is not a sideline.
But our criteria of building for our future aging means we do not want stairs. And that is kind of how we wandered into thinking about a larger home, because we want to have one floor, and room for a live in caretaker, and wheelchair or walker friendly space. In the earlier ideas we had, using a 16 wide unit, we would have put in a suite in the basement for a caretaker. It would have in total, a higher cost, and would be little benefit as a caretaker has to be close to the patient in case of falls, to assist dressing, etc. not down in the basement watching TV. This shit is not comfortable to think of, but we are all going down this road. So we are planning to be pro-active on this, as we usually do. At this point, a basement is out of the picture. We have enough room with this unit at 1520 sq ft to be comfortable, and meet our needs and specs on one floor. So it will sit on screw piling.
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Have you got a delivery date?
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