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Single-story house in northwest Montana

user-6466307 | Posted in Energy Efficiency and Durability on

Hello. I am preparing to build a single-story house for my wife and I in northwest Montana. At this point I am considering a block foundation with a slab as opposed to a crawl space. Would I insulate the inside of the foundation so the outside of the framed…?

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  1. Expert Member
    Dana Dorsett | | #1

    Looks like you put the title in the comment window, and the question in the title (which got truncated.)

  2. GBA Editor
    Martin Holladay | | #2

    Mike,
    As Dana guessed, it looks like your question was truncated. It sounds like your foundation will consist of CMU (concrete block) stemwalls surrounding a slab on grade. See the image below for an insulation detail for this kind of slab-and-stemwall foundation.

    More information here: "Insulating a slab on grade."

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