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…Heating costs, especially with electric systems, can be considerable. They are most efficient when installed in or on a concrete floor, and if your electric provider offers time-of-use rates that allow you to charge the floor with heat during off-peak…

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…so that water can get to the sump. A dirt floor or crawlspace may also emit moisture. One possibility is to pour a concrete floor over a sealed polyethylene moisture barrier on the floor. For crawlspaces, a ground cover will reduce the moisture coming…

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…subfloor upon which the concrete is poured. The result is a self-supporting deck and joist structure integrated with the concrete floor, deck, or roof. The forms are made of expanded polystyrene ( EPS) and include a built-in steel reinforcement system…

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…poured. When building with poured walls, the basement floor is prepared as if it were a slab floor, often with the concrete floor poured after the top floors are in place and the roof, windows, and doors are set. Basement plumbing for floor drains…

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…aluminum braces install vertically through the header above the door and through floor mounts that are drilled into the concrete floor. The braces also attach through the hinges in the door itself to protect both from external pressure and internal negative…

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…effective if your electric utility company offers time-of-use rates. Time-of-use rates allow you to "charge" the concrete floor with heat during off-peak hours (approximately 9 p.m. to 6 am). If the floor's thermal mass is large enough…

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…that remove radon from the crawl space or from beneath the concrete floor or basement slab that are effective at keeping radon from…
…prevent radon gas from entering the home from below the concrete floor and from outside the foundation. Radon mitigation contractors…

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