Recent content by JimGranger62

Bloody 'ell! Is this all really necessary? People built mines hundreds of years ago several feet under the earth that are still held up with nowt but timber to this very day. They didn't have all these materials at their disposal during the 1st World War - or when building the pyramids...

Thank you all for your advice. My plan is to make a hole 15ft x 12ft x 10ft deep. I plan to support the walls with 2 x 4 Timber at a length of 10ft - 3ft of which will be plunged beneath the floor plain into the soil for extra support. The timber lengths will be spaced just 1ft apart and...

Hello Biliou, Not ze Germans.. aliens... probing aliens!!! I just want to extend our living space and it seems cheaper than building an extension. It Will serve as a very handy workshop for me and also being sublevel should be easier to get planning for (more economic to heat too.). Jim

Hello, I'm very new and inexperienced to this game but could anyine please help with advice. I have a large space and would like to dig a hole, approx 14ft x 10ft x 7ft deep. What would be ideal for foundations, walls, damp proofing etc? I plan to cover the roof in earth with a small...