Hello all,
I'm hoping to get some advice in preparation for creating a concrete base. The initial purpose for the base will be for parking/carport, but in the longer term I'm hoping to construct a garage so ideally I'd like to over-engineer things a bit to really last.
The size of the base will be approximately 4 x 7m and it will have up to 4 cars on it (the cars are small; old mini, Morris Minor, and similar). In terms of the final finish the smoother the better to make the use of trolley jacks easier.
From what I can gather around 20cm will be deep enough for the main base; of course things will be different in the future if I need to create foundations at the perimeter.
In terms of layers, what would people recommend in terms of damp-proof membrane, sharp sand, hardcore, metal reinforcement for the concrete etc?
Any advice would be really appreciated; I'm hoping to do most of this myself, but if I get anyone in it would be great for me to be more informed. If a garage one day does go on this base, will that mean that I should think now about specific regs?
Thank you!
Morgen
I'm hoping to get some advice in preparation for creating a concrete base. The initial purpose for the base will be for parking/carport, but in the longer term I'm hoping to construct a garage so ideally I'd like to over-engineer things a bit to really last.
The size of the base will be approximately 4 x 7m and it will have up to 4 cars on it (the cars are small; old mini, Morris Minor, and similar). In terms of the final finish the smoother the better to make the use of trolley jacks easier.
From what I can gather around 20cm will be deep enough for the main base; of course things will be different in the future if I need to create foundations at the perimeter.
In terms of layers, what would people recommend in terms of damp-proof membrane, sharp sand, hardcore, metal reinforcement for the concrete etc?
Any advice would be really appreciated; I'm hoping to do most of this myself, but if I get anyone in it would be great for me to be more informed. If a garage one day does go on this base, will that mean that I should think now about specific regs?
Thank you!
Morgen