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    Questions about stem wall and footing below frost line cold climate questions

    I am building a personal home on a hillside lot about a 10% or 15% grade. Top 2' of organics have been removed and native soil underneath is a sandy gravel. I am in Alaska outside City Limits so we are on International Building Code. I am building 24x64 ranch style single story. Question 1 -...
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