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Hey all, glad to be a member of the forum now. been watching it for a while.
Now ive taken many projects on before, but this one is new to me. ive built many walls for myself and shed bases.
im building an MOT pit for my new garage. its 7.5m long, 2m deep and 1m wide, thats the finnished opening. now ive been told by different builders different ways of blocking it but now im in a mess. i was going to use 215 hollows filled after but the cost is very high and after paying 40k for the test lane im now on a very tight budget. another builder told me its perfectly acceptable to use 140mm dense all the way up with 3 piers. now this is more within my budget however im unsure itll hold back the ground?. my ideal plan would be
6-9" base slab laid at 8mtr x 2mtr
140mm dense blocks all the way up to 1.8mtr then my angle iron for pit jack on top.
all blocking would be formed in a single loop so corners tied in etc
piers at every 2 mtr or even spread.
do you think the 140mm will be ok?? some old timers have said they used to build there old pits with aerated blocks and there still in use today.
cheers all!
Now ive taken many projects on before, but this one is new to me. ive built many walls for myself and shed bases.
im building an MOT pit for my new garage. its 7.5m long, 2m deep and 1m wide, thats the finnished opening. now ive been told by different builders different ways of blocking it but now im in a mess. i was going to use 215 hollows filled after but the cost is very high and after paying 40k for the test lane im now on a very tight budget. another builder told me its perfectly acceptable to use 140mm dense all the way up with 3 piers. now this is more within my budget however im unsure itll hold back the ground?. my ideal plan would be
6-9" base slab laid at 8mtr x 2mtr
140mm dense blocks all the way up to 1.8mtr then my angle iron for pit jack on top.
all blocking would be formed in a single loop so corners tied in etc
piers at every 2 mtr or even spread.
do you think the 140mm will be ok?? some old timers have said they used to build there old pits with aerated blocks and there still in use today.
cheers all!