Can Blitz Builders build a post frame building on an existing concrete slab?
• Yes. We often are requested to construct on an existing slab and can marry the building to the slab in a variety of ways. We do advise our customer that the preferred method is to construct the building first, then pour the slab. The second preferred method is to cut through the concrete at the locations where the poles are to be set, to set the poles at normal depth and then to back pour the concrete in those cut areas. This provides a better anchor in the ground and does not put undue stress on the concrete pad. • If you truly desire a building anchored to a concrete slab, the slab should be a “monolithic slab” with additional thickness around the perimeter at the locations where the posts will be attached to the slab. Otherwise the slab is likely to crack as the entire weight of the building is carried by the posts which rest on that part of the slab.
