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  "name": "Why do basement designs in the Denver metro area often require floating walls?",
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      "name": "Why do basement designs in the Denver metro area often require floating walls?",
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        "text": "Many municipalities across the Denver metro area, including Greenwood Village and Foxfield, have expansive soils that can exert pressure on concrete slabs and foundation walls. Custom basement designs in these areas frequently require floating walls—framing that leaves a 1.5- to 3-inch gap between the bottom wall plate and the concrete floor, secured with special floating pins. This allows the basement slab to rise and fall with seasonal soil movement without cracking drywall, buckling doors, or damaging the home's upper structure.",
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        "description": "Local expansive soils cause basement slabs to shift slightly. Floating walls accommodate this movement without cracking drywall, sticking doors, or damaging structural framing."
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  "description": "Local expansive soils cause basement slabs to shift slightly. Floating walls accommodate this movement without cracking drywall, sticking doors, or damaging str"
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