I'm building a garage down the side of my house. It will be a freestanding timber framed barn style single garage, with a wooden frame on a dwarf wall. It will measure 6m x 2.5m (exempt from building regs) and will have the house one side and a 6 inch gap until the neighbour's fence on the other side.
So far I have dug a 300mm deep hole just a fraction bigger than I need. My current plan is as follows:
1. 100mm of scalpings, levelled, followed by wacker plate, followed by 50mm sand blinding, followed by wacker plate.
2. Formwork made from 150x25mm with posts every 1m
3. Damp proof membrane inside formwork - not sure what guage yet.
4. Steel mesh on spacers - not sure what spec of steel or how high spacers should be.
5. Self-levelling concrete (LaFarge Agilia) - 150mm deep.
6. Remove formwork after 4 days.
I'd really appreciate comments on this plan.
Thanks
Dave
So far I have dug a 300mm deep hole just a fraction bigger than I need. My current plan is as follows:
1. 100mm of scalpings, levelled, followed by wacker plate, followed by 50mm sand blinding, followed by wacker plate.
2. Formwork made from 150x25mm with posts every 1m
3. Damp proof membrane inside formwork - not sure what guage yet.
4. Steel mesh on spacers - not sure what spec of steel or how high spacers should be.
5. Self-levelling concrete (LaFarge Agilia) - 150mm deep.
6. Remove formwork after 4 days.
I'd really appreciate comments on this plan.
Thanks
Dave