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We have a detailed estimate which had terms and conditions on and payment schedule laying out when payments were due. This stated that the last payment would be on completion of all work in the estimate. I'm not sure how to tell if the building regs drawings show levelling the ground and...

We contracted a builder to do large extension and to renovate the existing house. The project lasted almost a year and we made every payment on time. We have now come to a stalemate with the builder over a small completion payment. The project has not been completed as there is some skirting...

I spoke to the building inspector and the contractor and we are having 3 pads and beams put in as per the structural engineers report. The public sewer is 4m deep so the pads will be laid at the invert level of the sewer so the additional digging will stand but the concrete pads will be 1m3 so...

They didn't discuss it with me today and it's only since I've been reading up this evening that I discovered that there could be an issue with such deep foundations. My concern is that the previous option had been carefully calculated and this new solution seems a bit rash and like you say, has...

We have just embarked on a two storey side and rear extension. There is a public sewer 5m from the house about 4m deep. We needed to obtain a build over agreement which we did by following their recommendation to build a pad either side of the line of the sewer with a beam spanning it. We had...