sloping ground and garage position

[deuce22]

Hi.

 

I am looking for some ideas on what to do regarding the ground around my garage. I have just started digging out for the garage, but I'm unsure of any other way to fix the sloping ground issue. The frontage of the garage is 10m by 6m in the width. The ground slopes from left to right, but it will only be above the DPC for about 4.5m, tapering down from 800mm to about 200mm at the back. The ground on the 6m side will be 800mm above DPC for the whole 6m.

I know the standard thing would be to remove more of the earth away from the building and put a retaining wall in. However, I will be encroaching onto the fence at the back if I do this, which may weaken the posts. On the 6m side, it will narrow the drive that I will be putting in at a later date.

Is there a way, to not have to dig away this ground and put a retaining wall there?

Thanks.

[Temp]

You could probably design the garage walls to be retaining walls and tank the outside.

 

Something like..

 

Proper foundations. 

Double thickness wall in engineering bricks to 150mm above soil.

Paint on tanking outside down and over top of foundations.

Lay perforated pipe wrapped in geotextile in sand around outside for drainage.

Stone free soil back fill.

 

https://www.labc.co.uk/news/retaining-wall-basics

Edited April 5, 2020 by Temp

[deuce22]

Thanks Temp.

 

I'll speak with the bricky and make sure he knows how to do this.

[deuce22]

I've spoken with the bricklayer and BCO and they have both agreed to construct it from the example you gave above.

 

Thanks very much.