Foundations

198 topics in this forum

1. Insulated raft foundation

   By Cain, Friday at 18:26   

   • raft
   • calculation
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • raft
     • calculation
     • stuctural
   • 10 replies
   • 171 views
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   • JSHarris
   • Saturday at 13:07

2. Log Cabin Foundations - Concrete Piers

   By iSelfBuild, Tuesday at 18:07
   • 6 replies
   • 166 views
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   • iSelfBuild
   • Friday at 20:33

3. Digging parallel to footings

   By Student, July 9
   • 8 replies
   • 184 views
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   • Student
   • July 12

4. Garage founds that can be bolstered later

   By davidc, July 9
   • 23 replies
   • 214 views
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   • davidc
   • July 11

5. Insulating a beam and block floor

   By dnb, July 9
   • 6 replies
   • 92 views
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   • epsilonGreedy
   • July 10

6. Diy piling. Homemade piles

   By Patrick, July 7   

   • piling
   • 8 replies
   • 203 views
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   • AnonymousBosch
   • July 8

7. Filling round EPS foundation up to finished ground level

   By Weebles, June 30   

   • eps
   • ground level
   • 5 replies
   • 159 views
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   • MikeSharp01
   • June 30

8. Raft foundation for an extension

   By oldkettle, June 11
   • 9 replies
   • 239 views
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   • oldkettle
   • June 29

9. Porch Foundation - Help!

   By bhavicp, June 27
   • 7 replies
   • 196 views
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   • Declan52
   • June 28

10. Building Foundations on Solid Rock

    By Midona, June 27
    • 5 replies
    • 119 views
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    • Midona
    • June 28

11. Using old Bricks as Gravel under Block and Beam Foundation

    By Patrick, June 27   

    • block and beam
    • suspended floor
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • block and beam
      • suspended floor
      • piling
      • rc beam
    • 7 replies
    • 102 views
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    • Patrick
    • June 27

12. Concretely Buggered! :(

    By Barney12, May 22
    • 19 replies
    • 506 views
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    • Barney12
    • June 22

13. Soil Pipe Through Foundations

    By wozza, May 30
    • 6 replies
    • 218 views
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    • wozza
    • June 14

14. Critique my foundation detail please

    By Andrew, June 11
    • 24 replies
    • 276 views
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    • TerryE
    • June 12

15. Strip foundation vs insulated slab 1 2

    By K78, June 2
    • 30 replies
    • 535 views
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    • K78
    • June 3

16. Passive slab / insulated raft costs

    By Conor, May 28
    • 3 replies
    • 157 views
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    • Alexphd1
    • May 28

17. Reducing thermal bridging for traditional foundations

    By davidc, May 28
    • 2 replies
    • 109 views
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    • PeterW
    • May 28

18. setting out Setting out angles 1 2

    By Ben100, May 26   

    • footings
    • 29 replies
    • 392 views
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    • AnonymousBosch
    • May 26

19. EPS Raft Passive Slab Hesitation

    By davidc, May 22
    • 21 replies
    • 284 views
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    • the_r_sole
    • May 23

20. Cavity fill below garage door threshold, strong concrete advised?

    By epsilonGreedy, May 22
    • 2 replies
    • 93 views
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    • epsilonGreedy
    • May 22

21. Raft foundation damage

    By Russdl, May 3   

    • eps
    • raft foundation
    • 7 replies
    • 333 views
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    • Russdl
    • May 5

22. Can you build block work on polished concrete?

    By MikeSharp01, May 2
    • 5 replies
    • 180 views
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    • newhome
    • May 3

23. Slab Design

    By GrantMcscott, May 2
    • 10 replies
    • 229 views
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    • Simplysimon
    • May 2

24. Beam & Block Overkill? 1 2

    By andy, April 18
    • 39 replies
    • 909 views
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    • andy
    • April 21

25. Service penetrations through raft foundation

    By Russdl, April 8   

    • services
    • penetrations
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • services
      • penetrations
      • foundation
    • 16 replies
    • 366 views
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    • bissoejosh
    • April 12