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Concrete Free Slab on Grade House – Five Years Later

This post first appeared on the Green Building Advisor website.

In June of 2019, we began a project we called “The Concreteless Slab on Grade Home”.  Kiley Jacques, (now the editor of Green Building Advisor), covered the project in an article she wrote back in early 2020.   Another Take on a Concrete-Free Slab – GreenBuildingAdvisor   I wrote a piece on the project for this blog, Construction Design-Concrete-less Slab on Grade – Northern Built.  This year is the Five-year anniversary of the start of that project.  I thought it would be a good time to revisit, discuss what worked, what I would change, and talk about a very unexpected series of events that could have been a major problem.

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Construction Design-Randy’s Dream Design

Guess what?  I just won the lottery!  (Not really, but for the purpose of this blog, let’s pretend.)  I’m looking to build myself a new home.  I have choices.  I could build a McMansion with plenty of space I don’t need and will never use.  I could concentrate only on the interior finishes and how the house looks.  If you’ve ever read my blog, you already know what direction I’ll take.  The house won’t be big, a couple thousand square feet is plenty for me, maybe a rambler with a second story over part of it built on a slab, no basement or crawlspace.  Being a BS* guy, I would make an invest in the stuff that is hidden, those pesky control layers I often talk about.  It would be based on the Pretty Good House concept. Continue reading “Construction Design-Randy’s Dream Design”