Cob: Frost-Protected Shallow Foundation

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On 5/12/2003 at 1:35 PM D.J. Henman wrote:

>Lottvik,
>   thanks for the Frost-Protected Shallow Foundation informatin.
>
>Darel
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>~Lootvik~ wrote:
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>> Only last January Mark Piepkorn wrote on this very list:
>>
>> ... the Frost-Protected Shallow Foundation method. HUD produced a 
>> design guide for the system several years ago, in which it was 
>> written, "An FPSF incorporates strategically placed insulation to 
>> raise the frost depth around a building, thereby allowing foundation 
>> depths as shallow as 16 inches, even in the most severe climates. The 
>> most extensive use has been in the Nordic countries, where over one 
>> million FPSF homes have been constructed successfully over the last 40 
>> years. The FPSF is considered standard practice for residential 
>> buildings in Scandinavia."
>> This design guide, which has quite a bit of good, thought-provoking, 
>> and cross-applicable technical info, can either be purchased from 
>> Oikos for 30 bucks:
>>
>http://oikos.com/catalog/Design_Guide_to_Frost_Protected_Shallow_Foundation
s.html 
>>
>> or read for free here:
>> http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/jcropper/desguide.html

>> Your choice.
>>
>>
>>
>>>   Canada also has some good information about non-deep  foundations, 
>>> like used in Scandinavia, but I don't have the URL for it, or 
>>> remember the proper foundation type name for this type.    Anyone 
>>> else out there?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>    Darel
>>>
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>>>
>>> puppetman at ix.netcom.com wrote:
>>>
>>>> The more I read about building construction the more I get 
>>>> conflicting information.
>>>> In the building code of South Lyon (small city) Michigan,USA they 
>>>> state that foundations should be a minimum of 48" deep. Unless the 
>>>> building is less than 400sq ft. then it must only be 28" deep.
>>>
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