I get frost heave in the "floor" of my mom's freezer...... :)
sometimes she forgets to close the door completely & the moisutre overwhelms the defrost cycle .....the moisture freezes & "mounds" the aluminum panel that is the "floor" of the freezer
I remove the floor panel & defrost with warm water & shop vac....good as new
cheers Bob
Actually Les, you did say it was a redo....but I'm always a little worried that there can be a missing detail that can change the suggestions
cheers Bob
In article , Bob Morrison Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:34:22 writes
I was actually wrong in my last post - the air temperature here in north London was about 63 F. Today it was a cold 52 F. Tonight they are expecting lows of 45 F.
Last year I think the worst we got was some mornings with frozen car windscreens.
The chance of frost below an 8" slab here is not very high I suspect. In any event the water table is at about 9' and there is very little open soil to catch rain in the area.
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In any event, many thanks for all the posts and advice given here.
Les:
I believe our climates have similar temperatures. Mostly maritime moderate with an occasional freeze.
Our local building codes call for building foundations to be a minimum of
12" below finished grade. So, there is some potential for frost heave but not much. Again, a well-drained based will go a long way to preventing the problem.replying to Les Desser, Cretedude wrote: You only need 4 to 5 inches of concrete for a driveway. Been d oing c concrete for 46 years
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