digging below brick footings ?

[matey123]

We recently lowered the floor in our victorian terrace by approx 15cm. But to do this our builder had to dig the soil down approx 50cm below the brick wall footings before bringing the level back up again with hardcore/concrete/insulation/screed then tiles. Is this against building regs? And can anyone point me to the relevant Building Control rules or Building Regs ??

 

[^woody^]

Surely your inspector would have picked it up if it was a concern?

 

[matey123]

Is there any link to the relevant Building Regs? How does BC know what rules to apply? Where are they listed ? Any help appreciated

 

[Notch7]

Its probably ok if didnt disturb any spread footing or strip foundation.

Im not sure concrete footings were around then.

 

[^woody^]

Is there any link to the relevant Building Regs? How does BC know what rules to apply? Where are they listed ? Any help appreciated

Building regulations are for what to build, not how to build it.

 

[Notch7]

Surely your inspector would have picked it up if it was a concern?

Is it notifiable work?

-I guess from your post, it is.

The OP implies its been done now without inspection so its academic.....

 

[^woody^]

Is it notifiable work?

-I guess from your post, it is.

The OP implies its been done now without inspection so its academic.....

I don't know what they are doing.

But if building control aren't involved, then building regulations are irrelevant. If they are and it's passed, then no problemo.

If the house falls down next week, then that's a negligence claim, not building regulation enforcement.

 

[noseall]

On two occasions recently, whereby we have dug below the existing foundation, I replaced the soil with concrete rather than any material that could potentially give.