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You can use helical screw piles in places with a frost line. As long as the blades are below the frost line.
by rafamvc 3y ago
You can use helical screw piles in places with a frost line. As long as the blades are below the frost line.
- theluketaylor 3y agoAbsolutely true, but you still need a plan for protecting the water lines. You need some kind of underground insulated structure below the frost line that can handle direct dirt contact. Annoyingly concrete remains the best option.
- blake1 3y agoWas recently in a fairly new construction house in a very cold climate state that did not have a full basement below the frost line. There was a partial 8’x8’ corner that sunk down to where the water line came in, but the rest of the footprint was a crawl space. Losing the basement does affect the style of building that is economical to build on top though, mainly due to building codes.
- SoftTalker 3y agoA basement is nice to have if you live in an area with tornados.
- SoftTalker 3y agoI live in an area with freezing weather. The water pipe to my house is just a PVC pipe buried below the frost line, i.e. in a trench about 3 or 4 feet deep. There's no concrete involved.