Creating stable foundations for garden room on a plateau
Creating stable foundations for garden room on a plateau
I'd like to build a medium sized (let's say 4x3 m) room at the top of my garden where there's currently the wreck of a shed. The area is at the top of a slope. There's also a drainage ditch for the adjacent farm field on the other side so the area sits on a sort of plateau. I guess this is potentially an issue for subsidence if I build a heavy structure on a concrete slab. Is a fairly thick concrete slab (atop compacted type 1 MOT) likely going to be ok for this location or should I be...
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by sasl
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Creating stable foundations for garden room on a plateau
I'd like to build a medium sized (let's say 4x3 m) room at the top of my garden where there's currently the wreck of a shed. The area is at the top of a slope. There's also a drainage ditch for the adjacent farm field on the other side so the area sits on a sort of plateau. I guess this is potentially an issue for subsidence if I build a heavy structure on a concrete slab. Is a fairly thick concrete slab (atop compacted type 1 MOT) likely going to be ok for this location or should I be...
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by sasl
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum