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re: conventional vs post tension slabs?
Posted on 3/16/14 at 9:45 am to urinetrouble
Posted on 3/16/14 at 9:45 am to urinetrouble
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However, that being said, ensuring a properly compacted subgrade and avoiding expansive soils are more critical in most cases.
Avoiding expansive soils is a pretty difficult task to do here in Louisiana, but residential PT slabs are still very common regardless. I would think the most critical thing to do is for the owner to spend the money to have a soils test done to confirm the sub-surface conditions and provide the results to the engineer so he can design a site-specific foundation system accordingly. Having this information will decrease the chances of having foundation issues down the road.
Posted on 3/17/14 at 12:36 pm to Roscoe
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Avoiding expansive soils is a pretty difficult task to do here in Louisiana, but residential PT slabs are still very common regardless.
Not really, considering the vast majority of houses don't have problems with expansive soil.
There are known places where it has been a problem, like along Highland Road in Baton Rouge (especially near CCLA), lots of places on the Northshore, and the Jennings/Crowley area, for example.
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