BEFORE THE ARCHITECT – HOME DESIGNING BACKGROUND – UNIQUE HOME DESIGNING ARTICLES

By Before The Architect  Copyright 2006-2010

So, you want a bad day down the road for someone special, do ya?  Here's a recipe:   Load up a 4" CONC pad with lotsa weight.
How do you do that AG?  Easy, pilgrim.  Inset L2.  Layout a staircase.  A chimney.  A big, fat hearth.
Then wait.  That bad day is on the way.  Compliments of Mother Nature.  The pad will tell you when it can't take anymore. 
Please file this under "Mistakes that keep on costing."  Before The Architect

FINISH MASONRY OVER SLAB-ON-GROUND SECTION DETAIL IN ELEVATION

1)      This Section Detail in elevation is one of several that this home designer recently included in a plans set

a)     Involving among other floor applications a finish masonry clad over a slab-on-grade, or ground slab

b)     The section detail drawing in elevation is from a library developed by and available on-line from Laticrete International, Inc.

2)     The designer note (in green) is characteristic of this home designer’s approach to broaden an illustrative composition or infuse related notions based on his construction experience with The Missus, or focus specifically on the enterprise at hand, etc. 

Comment:  On the job site or the drawing board, Laticrete’s a penultimate professional. 

Comment:  Note well that a ground slab is practically synonymous with concrete slab, slab-on-grade, grade slab, and ground slab.

Comment: Note well that finish masonry can include, among others, porcelain tile, thin brick veneer, and natural stone veneer.

Comment:  This home designer commonly details similarly for finish masonry over frame, finish wood over frame, and finish wood over masonry (the latter with some trepidation).

Detail of Finish Masonry Clad Above Slab-On-Grade, Section in Elevation