Can foundation weight allow avoidance of frost depth? | Eng-Tips A contractor is suggesting the use of 1ft deep, very wide concrete slab to support heavy rotating equipment The local jurisdiction has a required frost depth 42in Can a very heavy foundation (while still below the allowable bearing capacity of the soil) eliminate the need to go below the 42"
Footings for small cabin re:frost heave - Eng-Tips Frost heave is going to be a problem What is the frost depth in your cabin area? The US Army Corps of Engineers has some freeware for calculating frost depth, but the climate input data is based on specific weather stations Their is probably data for North Dakota and other Northern U S plains states It is called ModBerg - do a Google search
When to Go Down to the Frost Depth - Eng-Tips I always hear that the footings have to be placed below the frost depth but does that apply to any footing? For a job where the local code indicates frost depth of 42”, all exterior bldg footings are placed at that depth but when it comes to the exterior stairs, they only go down 18” only!! The
Frost depth for turndown slab - Eng-Tips I have virtually an unheated metal shack It will sit on a slab on grade with a turndown Is is necessary for the turndown to bear below the frost depth? In my mind, only unheated bearing foundations should be below the frost depth Even though the shack will put load on the turndown, the
Drilled Pier Frost Heave - Eng-Tips Hello, I am currently designing concrete drilled piers, and per the geotech report, the recommendations incur a 1600 psf design stress for potential frost heave The recommendations also state that placing friction reducing material can be considered as an alternate option to prevent damage
Frost protection - void form thickness design | Eng-Tips Let say, for frost heave uplift of 100 kPa, from soil report, if using 100mm thickness void form, what is the pressure underneath of foundation and if using 200mm thickness void form, how better i will have ??? Anyone has design guide or manual or any detail reference, it would be appreciate
Exterior Large Equipment Pad with deep frost depths | Eng-Tips Frost heave isn't really caused by just the moisture in the soil freezing (and the subsequent small volume increase) It becomes an issue when ice lensing happens This is when a horizontal layer of ice forms and continues to grow in thickness as water is drawn into the freezing layer through capillary action in the soil If you have non-frost susceptible soil (large granular fill), capillary
Frost Line for Grade Beam with Piles - Eng-Tips If piles are driven, with a concrete grade beam poured over the pile cap, does the bottom of the grade beam have to be poured below the frost line, or having the piles driven below the frost line complies with placing foundations below the frost line
Frost Penetration and Movement | Eng-Tips Frost penetration and frost depth effects are really two different animals As OldestGuy indicated, even in very cold climates, they recognize that footings do not have to go full depth of frost penetration if they are in non-frost susceptible soil
Pre-existing foundation not meeting required frost depth The foundation is fine for additional load, but we will have to somehow "get" the frost depth (18" more) Any way to achieve this without physically adding depth - for example, any way to insulate to an equivalent modified depth?