Building Foundation Types

The basement foundation is used a lot for colder climates because they sit below frost levels. A basement also allows you to have space between the soil and first floor, but unlike the crawlspace, a basement is large enough to be used as an extra room in the house. House  [ Read More ]

The type of foundations you are going to need greatly depend on the size of your building and for what purpose it is going to be used. If you are only building a small shed to store your garden tools in you will only require a wooden floor set on  [ Read More ]

Some homes are built on a slab of concrete, and some homes may be built on pillars, or stilts per say, because the home might have the need to be elevated. Both of these types of slabs also may require a certain degree of reinforcement in order to provide the  [ Read More ]