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    should indoor slab be tied to the foundation footing/wall

    I have a residential addition project (California, the frost-line is very shallow) where the concrete footing (2' depth and a 2.5' concrete perimeter wall on top) and Slab-on-Grade (SOG, just on top of the footing) will be built on expansive soil. A wooden subfloor will be built on top of this...
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    connecting concrete slab foundation with pier and grade beam foundation

    Hello, The current residential house uses continuous footing/stemming wall for the perimeter, and uses pier and grade beams inside the continuous footing. Can a new attached addition being built on a monolithic concrete slab foundation? Or this new attached addition has to use the same...
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    double wall to connect new addition with existing building

    Hello, I am working on a new residential addition that will be directly attached to the existing home building. There will be a double stud walls connecting the new addition with the existing building: one stud wall from the existing building and a new stud wall from the new addition. Should...

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