Hi All,
I'm having a conservatory built and the company has just dug the foundations. There is a plastic drain that runs along the back of the house and they have dug down about 2ft just exposing the top half of the drain. The company now wants to pour concrete directly onto the drain. I told them this was unacceptable and the drain need protecting from the weight of the foundations/wall. So all they did then was put up a flimsy shuttering - see photo:
//www.diynot.com/network/crooky/albums/
If they pour the concrete now the foundation will not be continuous. It will have a gap at either side of the conservatory.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This is quite urgent as they due to pour the concrete later this afternoon.
Many thanks
I'm having a conservatory built and the company has just dug the foundations. There is a plastic drain that runs along the back of the house and they have dug down about 2ft just exposing the top half of the drain. The company now wants to pour concrete directly onto the drain. I told them this was unacceptable and the drain need protecting from the weight of the foundations/wall. So all they did then was put up a flimsy shuttering - see photo:
//www.diynot.com/network/crooky/albums/
If they pour the concrete now the foundation will not be continuous. It will have a gap at either side of the conservatory.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This is quite urgent as they due to pour the concrete later this afternoon.
Many thanks