Sentences with phrase «on a slab foundation»

Hello, we are trying to sell our house and we had a home inspection done and there was no structural damage, there are no cracks in the walls anywhere, it has a few cracks in the tile in the kitchen and the foyer, it is on a slab foundation.

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It rests on a concrete barge — the floating equivalent of a crawl - space or concrete slab foundation that can be found under rural or mid-century land - built homes.

1 As work progresses on the foundations, a plate compactor is used to ensure a solid, stable base for the concrete slab; 2 pouring the concrete slab; 3 a cross-section of the wall build - up showing wet dash finish followed inside by external insulation, 215 mm solid block walls, sand - cement plaster and insulated plasterboard internally; 4 airtightness detailing around joist ends; 5 pro clima Intello airtightness system under counter battens to create a service void while minimising airtight layer damage by service penetrations; 6 a parge coat serves as the airtight layer on the inner face of the single leaf block walls.

Pour a driveway to park on, put in the slab or foundation, eventually build the kit in 5 - 10 years.

The foundation wall is insulated with 2» foil - faced polyisocyanurate rigid insulation on the interior and the slab is uninsulated.

Concrete floor slab on insulated foundation system (300 mm of EPS)(Kore Passive Slslab on insulated foundation system (300 mm of EPS)(Kore Passive SlabSlab).

Foundation Assembly: Slab - on - grade foundation; uninsulated with Termimesh ® termite mitigation system and sill gasket between framed wall and sSlab - on - grade foundation; uninsulated with Termimesh ® termite mitigation system and sill gasket between framed wall and slabslab.

One place to start is requiring that vapor impermeable waterproofing be used on foundations and basement slabs.

Forming a thermal bridge free junction between the base of the external wall and the ground slab / foundation is a challenge that occurs on many Passivhaus projects.

Infiltration: Air barrier system is as follows: existing basement slab with two coats of epoxy paint; taped rigid insulation on inside of foundation walls; spray foam at the rim joist; taped housewrap on above grade walls; fully adhered membrane on existing roof sheathing; transitions between roof and above grade walls made by lapping membrane over the housewrap; other transitions made using sealant.

That can be handled within the code (permanent wood foundations, slabs on grade with anchor points, or using the Alternative materials, design, methods of construction and equipment» clause within the code).

«The thing about the Passive Slab is that it's a floating foundation which instead of sitting on the ground is sitting on a layer of impervious insulation, sitting on stone.

While a home inspector can tell you if your home was built on a slab or raised foundation, a foundation engineer can tell you if the home is sliding or the foundation is faulty.