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    Capturing warmth. The insulation around a frost-protected shallow foundation captures ambient warmth of the earth to keep the soil beneath the foundation from freezing and heaving. L-shaped EPS forms create a built-up edge for the reinforced keep the soil beneath the foundation from freezing and heaving. L-shaped EPS forms create a built-up edge for the reinforced monolithic slab and hold in warmth from the ground. XPS wing insulation raises the frostline around the building’s perimeter.
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    This typical looking building site is anything but typical. What you see is actually the top layer of two layers of OSB sub-flooring. Below the subfloor is a layer of type IX EPS insulation that sits on a structural slab.
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