Foundations

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1. Trench fill acceptable tolerance in level and dip

   By Stu84, Friday at 21:22
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   • saveasteading
   • 13 hours ago

2. Shutter Foundations at Boundary ?

   By Spinny, 19 hours ago
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   • Spinny
   • 16 hours ago

3. Step in foundations, flatness of bottom of foundation, sleeving

   By Stu84, September 9
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   • Stu84
   • Friday at 19:39

4. Can I use this to level ground under workshop slab

   By Owain1602, September 11
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   • Mike
   • September 11

5. Running underground drainage through below dpc wall

   By Sunil237, September 8
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   • Sunil237
   • September 9

6. Insulated Raft - How much better?

   By dsaunders, July 18
   • 12 replies
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   • Rosslyn
   • September 4

7. Foundations for garden retaining wall

   By paul1966, August 31
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   • cwr
   • September 1

8. Raft foundation expansion/movement joint

   By Selexus, August 5
   • 17 replies
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   • -rick-
   • August 13

9. Pile Foundation Cost

   By Saul, June 6, 2021
   • 19 replies
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   • Lincolnshire Ian
   • August 4

10. Rod System

    By MortarThePoint, July 30
    • 5 replies
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    • MortarThePoint
    • July 31

11. 7x4 garden room 1 2

    By Jadhacha, July 28
    • 26 replies
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    • saveasteading
    • July 30

12. Soil pipe penetrations through slab - which way up?

    By Dunc, April 15
    • 13 replies
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    • saveasteading
    • July 21

13. Piling Foundations

    By dsaunders, June 8, 2020
    • 3 replies
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    • dsaunders
    • July 18

14. Insulated rafts 1 2

    By Gus Potter, February 12
    • 26 replies
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    • Dave Jones
    • July 11

15. Soil sample Atterberg test

    By Buildbuild, June 21   

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    • saveasteading
    • June 22

16. What type of insulation to minimise thermal bridging in this design?

    By Great_scot_selfbuild, June 14
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    • Kelvin
    • June 16

17. Progress update on my foundation

    By zzPaulzz, May 28
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    • zzPaulzz
    • June 6

18. Foundations - DPM / Flood zone thoughts?

    By boxrick, June 2
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    • boxrick
    • June 2

19. Log Cabin Foundations - Concrete Piers

    By iSelfBuild, July 16, 2019
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    • Space Race
    • May 31

20. Adding to existing garage slab

    By crispy, January 30
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    • crispy
    • May 30

21. Thoughts on replacing existing timber legs with concrete blocks

    By Space Race, May 28
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    • Space Race
    • May 28

22. Foundation depth check

    By Timberframeguy, May 22
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    • G and J
    • May 27

23. Piling + Ground Beam Cost

    By Lincolnshire Ian, May 19
    • 11 replies
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    • saveasteading
    • May 21

24. Timber frame foundations

    By jntabbycat, January 22, 2019
    • 12 replies
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    • BenL
    • May 19

25. Foundation help

    By Dman, May 18
    • 4 replies
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    • ETC
    • May 18