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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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Foundation Options for Post-Frame

John Fullerton – 785/594-5696

info@HeartlandPerma-Column.com