Foundations

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1. Reducing thermal bridging for traditional foundations

   By davidc, May 28, 2019
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   • PeterW
   • May 28, 2019

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

   By epsilonGreedy, May 22, 2019
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   • epsilonGreedy
   • May 22, 2019

3. Raft foundation damage

   By Russdl, May 3, 2019   

   • eps
   • raft foundation
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   • Russdl
   • May 5, 2019

4. Can you build block work on polished concrete?

   By MikeSharp01, May 2, 2019
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   • newhome
   • May 3, 2019

5. Slab Design

   By GrantMcscott, May 2, 2019
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   • Simplysimon
   • May 2, 2019

6. Beam & Block Overkill? 1 2

   By andy, April 18, 2019
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   • andy
   • April 21, 2019

7. Service penetrations through raft foundation

   By Russdl, April 8, 2019   

   • services
   • penetrations
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     • penetrations
     • foundation
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   • bissoejosh
   • April 12, 2019

8. Eps raft systems

   By nickw, March 8, 2019
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   • SiBee
   • March 31, 2019

9. Insulation

   By GrantMcscott, March 20, 2019
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   • GrantMcscott
   • March 21, 2019

10. Strip, raft or piles

    By Andrew, March 6, 2019
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    • Simplysimon
    • March 7, 2019

11. Raft footings

    By pritch, March 2, 2019
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    • pritch
    • March 2, 2019

12. Setting out, MBC passive slab

    By Russdl, February 20, 2019
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    • Jeremy Harris
    • February 22, 2019

13. Best stage to lay a concrete garage floor slab.

    By epsilonGreedy, February 20, 2019
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    • Mr Punter
    • February 22, 2019

14. Sloping site stress

    By Grian, February 20, 2019
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    • ProDave
    • February 20, 2019

15. Stumbling at first hurdle? 1 2

    By Adamantium, January 16, 2018   

    • foundations
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    • scottishjohn
    • February 10, 2019

16. Passive slab

    By eandg, February 7, 2019
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    • Oz07
    • February 8, 2019

17. What is this Passive Slab I hear you talk of 1 2

    By Sue B, January 8, 2019
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    • Jeremy Harris
    • January 30, 2019

18. Type of foundation backfill for this job

    By Radian, January 25, 2019   

    • foundation
    • backfill
    • 8 replies
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    • jfb
    • January 26, 2019

19. Ground Investigation basement london

    By Tony C, November 14, 2018
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    • Tony C
    • January 24, 2019

20. Foundations started today...

    By Cambs, December 18, 2018
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    • Cambs
    • January 14, 2019

21. Final pre start meeting - Groundworks/Foundation design 1 2

    By Lots2learn, January 2, 2019
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    • Ferdinand
    • January 6, 2019

22. Passive slab - is this sketch correct

    By Big Neil, December 18, 2018
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    • Gone West
    • December 19, 2018

23. Passive raft with single stud wall

    By Andrew, December 11, 2018
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    • Gone West
    • December 11, 2018

24. Passive Slab on a slope or go Concrete free.

    By Patrick, November 30, 2018   

    • passivhaus
    • passive slab
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      • passive slab
      • piles
      • piling
      • screw piles
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    • ProDave
    • November 30, 2018

25. Block and beam surface water in the void

    By Johnny Jekyll, November 22, 2018
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    • Johnny Jekyll
    • November 22, 2018