Footings with a high water table
Footings with a high water table
Hi.
I'm digging some footings for a two-storey extension. BCO, is happy with an 800 mim depth as we are on to sand, but the water table is only 600 mm down so it leaves 200 mm of water on top of the sand.
This will obviously get pumped out before we pour the concrete footings, but with all the rain we've had some of the wall has slipped in, I've now shuttered it but it'll be next week before i can get the footings poured and I'm worried about more slop getting in before then.
Given I've...
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by laviscus
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Footings with a high water table
Hi.
I'm digging some footings for a two-storey extension. BCO, is happy with an 800 mim depth as we are on to sand, but the water table is only 600 mm down so it leaves 200 mm of water on top of the sand.
This will obviously get pumped out before we pour the concrete footings, but with all the rain we've had some of the wall has slipped in, I've now shuttered it but it'll be next week before i can get the footings poured and I'm worried about more slop getting in before then.
Given I've...
Read more
by laviscus
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum