Advice on foundations.

[Tonymac01]

So, we will be demolishing the current buildings on our site. The new build will be pretty much the same footprint. 
 

Someone mentioned we should break all the current Redbrick & concrete into rubble and use it in the foundations and to raise the height of the building by a small amount, which is fine. 
 

Question, how does the ‘rubble’ affect the foundations ? Do we break it up, spread it over the area then dig the foundations out as normal ? 
 

Picture is the current state. 

[Russell griffiths]

Dig it all up, chuck it through a small mobile crusher then spread it all back on the ground

then when you mark out your footprint you just dig through it. 

It seams a bit of a waste but it pays for itself over and over with having a nice working platform and no mud. 

[Russell griffiths]

Can you not use some of those bricks, or even sell them on. 

[Tonymac01]

9 hours ago, Russell griffiths said:

Can you not use some of those bricks, or even sell them on. 

Possibly, not sure where to start with that tbh. 

[Russell griffiths]

2 hours ago, Tonymac01 said:

Possibly, not sure where to start with that tbh. 

Garden walls around new house, raised flower beds

why not knock it all down and see how many come out whole and how easy they clean up, if it takes 10 minutes a brick to clean then it’s hardcore, if it’s lime mortar that falls off if you bang two bricks together, then there keepers. 

[Tonymac01]

Cheers Russel, I’ve put them on eBay as buyer dismantles, got a serious enquiry already.