Foundations

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1. How to go about extending with 1800's foundations.

   By Biglad, December 2, 2019
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   • Mr Punter
   • December 2, 2019

2. Basement retaining wall and interaction with existing house foundations

   By Moonshine, November 20, 2019
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   • Moonshine
   • November 21, 2019

3. Strip foundations in winter

   By moldy, November 14, 2019
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   • Russell griffiths
   • November 14, 2019

4. Slab reinforcement - mesh vs bars

   By Adam2, November 12, 2019
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   • Adam2
   • November 12, 2019

5. Concrete Sub Floor Drying Time

   By wozza, November 3, 2019
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   • wozza
   • November 3, 2019

6. Piercing the dpm with ufh clips.

   By Patrick, November 2, 2019   

   • ufh
   • block and beam
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • ufh
     • block and beam
     • dpm
   • 17 replies
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   • bissoejosh
   • November 3, 2019

7. Diy piling. Homemade piles

   By Patrick, July 7, 2019   

   • piling
   • 13 replies
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   • redtop
   • October 31, 2019

8. CLAYBOARD/clayshield / heave protection around piles

   By Patrick, October 28, 2019
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   • nod
   • October 30, 2019

9. Trees!

   By patp, August 19, 2019
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   • gc100
   • October 28, 2019

10. Beam & block covering cavity: thermal bridge

    By James_H, October 26, 2019
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    • PeterW
    • October 28, 2019

11. Spons beware

    By nod, October 25, 2019
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    • Oz07
    • October 26, 2019

12. Concrete pour in heavy rain. 1 2 3 4 12

    By zoothorn, October 9, 2019
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    • Cpd
    • October 23, 2019

13. New trees near raft foundation

    By willbish, October 18, 2019
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    • willbish
    • October 19, 2019

14. Thermal Expansion Cracking of Raft Foundation and Wall; A Passive House Floor Heating problem?

    By Christian, October 16, 2019   

    • passive house
    • raft foundation
    • (and 11 more)

      Tagged with:

      • passive house
      • raft foundation
      • expansion joints
      • thermal expansion
      • cracking
      • kore-system
      • isoquick
      • structual engeneering
      • ec2
      • eurocode 2
      • underfloor heating
      • construction joints
      • bay sizes
    • 5 replies
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    • Bitpipe
    • October 17, 2019

15. Foundation spoil removal - skipton area

    By ollie, October 11, 2019
    • 6 replies
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    • Oz07
    • October 11, 2019

16. Engineer Survey

    By Mike_scotland, September 26, 2019
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    • Mike_scotland
    • September 27, 2019

17. Trench Rules

    By Andrew, September 25, 2019
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    • Dreadnaught
    • September 25, 2019

18. Options

    By Jilly, September 25, 2019
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    • Cpd
    • September 25, 2019

19. DPM detail

    By Oz07, September 1, 2019
    • 4 replies
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    • Declan52
    • September 18, 2019

20. Ducting into a passive slab

    By Nick1c, September 16, 2019
    • 16 replies
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    • Jeremy Harris
    • September 16, 2019

21. raft foundations 1 2

    By deuce22, August 7, 2018
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    • eandg
    • September 13, 2019

22. Steelwork Support

    By LA3222, September 7, 2019
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    • LA3222
    • September 8, 2019

23. How to calculate pad footing size and depth

    By Ben100, September 6, 2019   

    • pad footings
    • steel column insulation
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • pad footings
      • steel column insulation
      • steel to concrete
    • 7 replies
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    • Temp
    • September 7, 2019

24. Timber Walls connecting to top of Block&Beam Floor/screed

    By Patrick, September 6, 2019
    • 9 replies
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    • Gone West
    • September 7, 2019

25. Footing load bearing calculation

    By Ben100, September 2, 2019
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    • 3.2k views
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    • Temp
    • September 2, 2019