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Hi Joe, <br>
I'm high enough that a slab will do just fine. This is a year round
home, so will insulate to the base of the footings and under the
slab as you suggest. I'm planning on running virtually all the
plumbing through walls (planning a design that has the bath, laundry
and kitchen water etc in the centre of the home, and around the hot
water heater/tankless and furnace area.) The site has town water
and sewer, so shower drains and those pipes will be in the slab, but
that's about it. <br>
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Thanks!<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2016-04-28 12:34 PM, Joe Killian
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix"> I hate crawl spaces. And so will
you after doing much work in one, even if you don't have to wend
through many spider webs. A high water table portends crawl
space moisture issues too.<br>
Insulated slab on grade has worked very well for me. Put
moisture barrier underneath (Visqueen or equivalent works).<br>
If it's occupied all year, insulation on the perimeter down to
the footing is best. The thermal time constant will be very
long, but you'll lose few BTU over the long haul. An insulated
break (1" foam) between the stemwall and slab as well as
insulation outside the stemwall works well.<br>
If it's not occupied year-round, you'll want a shorter thermal
time constant, so would then want to insulate under the slab -
again with foam. Keep the stemwall/footing insulation at the
perimeter. Most of you heat loss will be out the sides near the
surface, whether you have under-slab insulation or not.<br>
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I put very minimal pipes in the slab (ground floor drain
only), and bring all else inside and construct chases for most
plumbing & electrical. Protects from freezing better and
MUCH easier access for any maintenance (& even initial
installation).<br>
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Joe<br>
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> Hello Listers<br>
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I am on the third house and hope I can impose with a few
questions to those who've much more experience than I.
I've only built from scratch, so have no feel for the
following.<br>
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<li>Which is best: insulated slab on grade or an
insulated crawl space? The conservation folks (and
I agree) will not allow a basement, due to the water
table. <br>
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