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Using Insulated Polystyrene Forms for Foundation Footings Video

Bob talks with Howard Brickman about the challenging soil conditions on this project, where a high water table and impermeable soils must be considered for the foundation. To alleviate these problems, several tons of inch-and-a-half crushed stone were trucked to the job site. The footings for the foundation were placed to support the load-bearing walls. Waterproof Fab-Form plastic footing forms were used instead of typical wood forms because they will keep the water out and away from the footings. A plastic membrane was placed on the inside of the Fab-Forms to further protect the footings from water. The forms are connected and braced for the pour with stakes that are screwed into the forms with threaded wallboard screws. When the stakes are removed, the screws will be snapped off. Using this method has removed two of three steps in the standard footing construction process. The forms double as the drainage-pipe material and will stay in place after the pour, eliminating the need to remove the forms once the concrete is set. In a typcial footing pour, the forms would be stripped away from the footings before the drain pipe was placed. With Fab-Forms the slab and the footing with integral drainage can be poured at the same time, using a smaller footing than traditional installations.



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Using Insulated Polystyrene Forms for Foundation Footings

Bob talks with Howard Brickman about the challenging soil conditions on this project, where a high water table and impermeable soils must be considered for the foundation. To alleviate these ...



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