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Old 11-18-2019, 07:59 AM   #3968 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jwick View Post
If you had a chain wall around the perimeter 36” down then it would encapsulate the interior soil and protect it from freezing effects. However; you would need to design the 8” slab with enough rebar to span the entire length assuming the soil below it shrinks and the slab is unsupported chain wall to chain wall.
Was thinking of a footer with one row of block, 12 thick gravel bed inside, then capped with 8" 5000 psi concrete with rebar.

My parking area around the front of the house is 6" thick, 5000 psi concrete with rebar, sitting on 12" thick gravel bed. And that's 50 yards of concrete.
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