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--Ty-- t1_jdpjy44 wrote

Reply to comment by S7onez in Securing wall to basement concrete floor by S7onez

I could be wrong on this, but I don't think a 2" foundation can legally exist. Especially not in an occupied space.

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S7onez OP t1_jdpnft7 wrote

What do you usually pour or are you use to seeing?

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craz4cats t1_jdpylab wrote

I think typically 4" or more

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--Ty-- t1_jdqpz68 wrote

Yeah. Even for small structures like a garden shed, or a slab for a barbeque, it's always 4" min, and for an actual home, it's 6" min.

There are foundations that don't need a thick pour, like a raft foundation, where the actual footings can be 10" thick, but then the rest of the area is covered in just one or two inches, basically just to keep the dust and dirt down, but those types of foundations wouldn't be used for a basement that's meant to be occupied. At most, it would just be a crawlspace.

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