[Greenbuilding] [BULK] Perimeter insulation (again)

[Lawrence Lile]

This could allow for a thermal break between the slab and the foundation wall givin the right details.  Might be a good thing to consider.  I imagine most of the residential contractors around here would balk, but the balked at most everything I want to do.  
 
--Lawrence

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From: Clarke Olsen [mailto:colsen at taconic.net]
Sent: Wed 4/18/2007 3:01 AM
To: Lawrence Lile
Cc: Greenbuilding at listserv.repp.org; candtcampbell at juno.com
Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] [BULK] Perimeter insulation (again)



    Good practice, structural as well as thermal, is not to bring the
slab out
    under the wall. Keeping the slab inside and bringing the wall down
to bear
    on the foundation reduces slab cracking, improves thermal envelope.
    Clarke Olsen

On Apr 18, 2007, at 9:30 AM, Lawrence Lile wrote:
>
>> about 1/3 of
> total heat loss occurs through the slab edge. It made me begin to think
> of the slab edge as a long, thin window.
>  The bare concrete is designed to allow inspection.
>