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! <br /> CASCADE GEOTECHNICAL <br /> December 2 , 1987 <br /> Job No. 8711 -20G <br /> Seattle MoYtgage <br /> Page 4 <br /> gravel is suit.��l.e Gor r.he sep�ort of spread Eool•inqs design�d to <br /> a nominal bearina value o£ 2000 p.s .f . if the soil is un3isturbed, <br /> free of organic ma'terial and does not become wet orior to concrete <br /> placement. <br /> The footings should be placed a minimum of eighteen ( 18 ) inches <br /> below the outside finished grade for frost protection. A minimum <br /> width of eiqhtecn ( 1II) inches should be mnintained for all foot- <br /> ings . <br /> Drainaqe <br /> We recommend placing a perforated drain pipe e.iong the base of the <br /> footinos and '�.ightlining it away from the bu.ilding area to a suit- <br /> able drainaqe outlet. The drain pipe should be surrounded with a <br /> minimum of four (4 ) inches of pea gravel . <br /> We recommend tiqht•lining the roof downspouts to a suitabl� drainage <br /> outlet separately from the footing drains . <br /> Slab on Grade Floar <br /> We recommend placing a minimum of four (4 ) inches of free draining <br /> material between the slab and slab subgrade to act as a capillzry <br /> break. The free draining material could r_onsist of a clean sand or <br /> crush�d rock which has less than five ( S ) percent material passinq <br /> the N200 sieve, based upon the fraction of material passing the #4 <br /> sieve . <br /> We recommend placing a vapor barrier between the matecial used for <br /> a capillary break and the bottom of the slab. Slab cracking during <br /> curing may be reduced by placinq two (2 ) inches of a free draininq <br /> sand over the vapor barrier . <br />