foundation

Greetings all Currently removing part of our house to sell off the land to a developer. Demolished part of the house but am retaining part of the piled foundations and reinforced ring beam. Structural Engineer has recommended that we cut the foundations using a diamond saw instead of a kango...

Hi my garden has slope and there is no where to play for the kids. So I decided to sort it out. I am building a wall (not the trump wall!) and this would allow me to have garden at two different levels. I will fill one side of the wall with something (any advice welcome). It has taken me 3...

Hi, I appreciate there are several posts relating to foundations but each case is different so was hoping for some advice. I'm trying to build over a 900m diameter sewer with invert level 2.7m below ground level in Harrow, Middlesex. The max distance that I have from edge of the sewer to the...

I am planning to compact mot type 1 to 100mm thickness for a conservatory Base, however 70% of area is already covered in paving slabs. My question is, should I remove the paving slabs and other Brockenhurst bricks before laying mot type 1? Or should I just compact it over the slabs and other...

We are planning on converting our garage into a master suite. The garage currently has a concrete slab that has a large crack/split. The rest of the house is pier and beam. We'd like to create a raised floor in the garage so that its at the same level as the rest of the house. Do we need to...

I’ve reclaimed a concrete sectional garage, and plan to rebuild it as a shed. The shed dimensions are likely to be 3m by 6m. Each panel is 60cm wide by 1m high. So I’ll be using two panels to get to my full height of 2m. The shed is at the back of the garden, with only a narrow 80cm access...

I got my planning for a extension approved last year, to build out into the garden from the living room. I recently did a search and found out on boarholes listing that the area is PEAT. Now i am speaking to builders to do the work but they say 2 metre foundation is all i need, i am not...

I have lowered my slab by around 500mm and this has meant that the foundations are now slightly above the top of the slab by about 50mm around the doorways. The plan is to put 50mm insulation and then 50mm of screed on top of the slab. Is it preferable to cut or grind the foundation concrete...