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concrete pad vs. block foundation

  05/14/2007 03:42 PM gogirlm71
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Turned down lug

 05/21/2007 01:45 PM Glenn Good Moderator

The slab is fine but the edge of the slab should be thickened and turned down into the ground onto a stable compacted sub grade that is below the frost line to prevent heave.

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