Foundation Cost and requirements - is BC being too picky
Hey guys,
On my journey to build my garden / office I have been chasing quotes for a SIPS structure, (supposedly lightweight). A couple of suppliers have already indicated that I would need 300mm footings and a 1500mm slab to sail through B.C. A quick email to my private BC (that approved my house) and his reply was :
"If the building was a garage the proposed footings would suffice, if the building is for another use full strip footings of at least 1 metre depth are req
Exactly what size of office are you building?
Why are building control even involved?
You can build a building up to about 100 square metres and my making it "portable" it becomes exempt from building regulations (it is treated for BC as a "caravan" and does not need to be on wheels for that)
I have wired many such portable buildings, real sturdy well insulated houses but built with a few rules in mind that makes them "portable" even though they are intended a