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Foundation Defaults

• Specify the Width, Depth, and Maxi- • Specify the Lower Garage Floor height,
mum Separation of the piers. which is the distance that Garage and
• Choose either Round or Square piers. Slab room floors are lowered when a
Monolithic Slab foundation is built. This
6 Garage Options - value is also the height of the curbs
around these rooms. See “Garages” on
• Specify the Garage Floor to Stem Wall page 699.
Top, which is the distance between the • Specify the Minimum Garage Stem
slab and the tops of the stem walls in both Wall Height, which is the minimum
Garage and Slab rooms. Available for height that stem walls defining a Garage
Walls with Footings and Grade Beams on foundation will be, regardless of the Min-
Piers foundation types. See “Foundation imum Stem Wall Height for the rest of the
Defaults” on page 688. foundation.

Note: The Garage Floor to Stem Wall Top set-
ting only affects Garage rooms that have a
Floor Height of 0. See “Structure Panel” on
page 436.

Options Panel
The OPTIONS panel allows you to include Some options on this panel may be
rebar and other materials related to the unavailable depending on the foundation
foundation in the Materials List. See type selected on the FOUNDATION panel.
“Materials Lists” on page 1263.

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