ᐅ Frost Skirt – Advantages and Disadvantages

Hello everyone.

Can someone list the advantages and disadvantages of a frost skirt?

Why are some houses (like ours, for example) built with a frost skirt, while many others have a standard slab-on-grade foundation?

It depends on the soil. For poor load-bearing soils like sand and clay, frost protection measures are used.

tomtom79 schrieb:

It depends on the ground. For poor load-bearing capacity like sand and clay, frost protection measures are used.

Sure?

Good luck

A frost skirt should be installed under every slab, but it is often omitted due to cost reasons. Usually, nothing happens as a result.

Hm. I haven’t experienced it being omitted. To my knowledge, every foundation requires frost-protected footings.

I haven’t looked into this at all. What is the purpose of the frost skirt? What characterizes it—insulation extending x cm (x inches) into the ground?

We have a continuous strip foundation without insulation and some insulation beneath the slab.