Charlie, most of the ones I see up here are not floating. The ones I see down in Colorado Springs, most are floating due to the more expansive soil there. I think it most likely depends on the soils report from that lot.


Floating walls are used here because of the expansive soil and the slabs heaving in differant weather conditions. The first one I saw it was like what the he88 is that. Sorry I dont have a pic, but basically there is a plate on the basement floor fastened, and another plate about 4"-6" higher secured with a long spike. The drywall is not attached to the bottom plate, it is attached to the higher plate. A wide molding is typically used, attached to the bottom plate so the wall can "float up and down" Weird, but it works without destroying the drywall, door frames etc.

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