JLC ??MAY 1992
Careful detailing
and an innovative single-ply
membrane solved a common
construction problem
by Bill MacCurdy
Recently I was in my booth at a local home show
when a couple approached me about building a
house for them on top of a mountain. After showing
them some of my work and visiting the steeply
sloped site, I was given the job. The plans called
for the foundation to be excavated, for block walls
to be layed and the cores filled, and then for the
entire excavation to be backfilled and compacted,
with concrete slabs poured on top.
There were eight level changes in the house,
and the owners had decided to use hardwood floors
throughout.