Recent content by FredAt

Clearly, you don't know Luxembourg. Building work in Luxembourg is controlled by a Portuguese mafia. Besides people think that everyone out here is a billionaire. Cross the border from Belgium, Germany or France and everything is 4 times more expensive. Advice? Forget it! The rule is pay...

Ummm.... I guess the fact that the forum says that I am based in Argyll is a bit misleading. I moved out of there and now live in Luxembourg. Our winters are continental - i.e. longer and colder (at least in theory). Last winter the temperature dropped to -15 and stayed there for nearly two...

Well I suppose it will have to be 300 (w) x 300(L) x 600 (D) - 600(D) to ensure it does not move due to ground heave in a particularly severe winter. Or am I misunderstanding the ground heave issue somehow?

By form all that I meant was this - at my local builders I can buy a polystyrene form -30cm square and 200cm long to be cut to size - to place in the hole when I pour the concrete. As to depth - as I said given the local conditions in order to ensure that the footing is frost free I need it...

Hello All, I am in the process of preparing the ground to install an external staircase. The staircase is a lightweight affair with aluminium spindles and recycled plastic treds - very light, so light that I brought it home in the boot of my car. The height of the stairs is 1.6m and the...

Could anyone on this forum give me an idea of how much it would cost, per sq m/ft, to build the foundations for a 7.5m x 11.5m 2 storey house on flat, land that does not have any issues such as rocks etc? I ask the question because some of the estimates I have got are nothing short of bizzare...