When erecting one -story stone frame buildings and buildings on the heaving and non -poudy soils, the strip, shallow foundation should be used, its depth is almost 50 – 70 cm. That is, the base of such a foundation is located significantly higher than the possible level of freezing of the soil itself. This is essentially a kind of reinforced tape made of concrete, while capable of completely withstanding the weight of the house itself and when thawing the earth does not break. Such a strip foundation has both its specific positive characteristics and some negative points. It is quite possible to install with your own hands of such a strip foundation.
The strip, shallow-glued foundation from the non-injected differs in that it rises when he freezes sufficiently fluffy soil is significantly less than a non-interpreted foundation, somewhere, and 2-3 times. A fine -to -thunderstanding foundation is mainly used in the individual construction of its own houses, since it turns out to be significantly cheaper than the cost of a buried foundation, while its reliability is significantly higher than the non -respectable. It is necessary to emphasize without fail: finely pungent tape foundations are preferably using low -bundled or non -bunken soils. Medium -as well as high -gun soils, necessarily require reinforcing the foundations and the use of significant constant supplies of sand. Such a foundation can be used on all soils, not paying attention to the degree of heaving.
You should not lose sight of the plot of the site, and, of course, you should not forget about the landing of shrubby plantings near the house, which are facilitated by a significant reduction in the possible depth of freezing of the soil. These fairly simple measures will help the deposition of snow, and the very thickness of such a snow cover significantly reduces (almost 3 times) the depth of freezing, in comparison with the freezing depth of such soil in the territory free from snow.
On a shallow foundation in the perimeter of the house, you can organize a small cellar or basement.
You can dig a shallow trench in one to two days, even when the soil is clay. To prepare with your own hands a high-quality strip fine-to-thunder foundation is enough for a week, and after 10-12 days you can proceed to the installation of the basement.