The main types of foundations

The Foundation is the basis of any home. Consider the choice of the Foundation and its arrangement is taken seriously. We will talk about the basic types of foundations for those who have just started thinking about building their own home.



There are 3 basic classification of Foundation:

  • the depth of laying;
  • design features;
  • a view of the supporting structure.
 Slightly deepened foundationsIs foundations which transmit the load on the basis of only the pressure. It sole needs to be only within the depth of freezing is a slab Foundation, slightly deepened - strip Foundation. These foundations permanently you need to insulate. If they are not warm in the winter can cause cracks.





Shallow FoundationIs the foundations of houses in which there are underground, basements, cellars.
Another type of Foundation is deep Foundation. This type of Foundation transfer the load with the help of the sole, the lateral friction force, protecting load-bearing structures. Such foundations include buildings in which there are 2 full underground floor.

 

Deep FoundationIs a Foundation, which made load-bearing soil layers which are far away from the earth's surface. This kind of type of Foundation is called a (pile). The pile transfers the load through pressure on the end of the pile and the friction of the side surfaces of the ground.





On the constructive characteristics of these foundations are divided into stopdate, belt, slotted-space, precast blocks or short piles, cross-system tapes or tile, box, the space-frame.

Spatial frame can be small shallow, low-depth and buried. Ie they can be happy slab foundations in a range of soil freezing and made for them the pits.

By referring to the load-bearing structures, foundations share: under columns, under the walls, under the spacer structure, under the posts and under the building. published

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