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Hello
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I am looking to build a single storey rear extension. My property is on a slope. (sloping from one side (left) down to the other (right)). I was looking to construct using a timber suspended floor like the original property.
My question relates to the retaining wall holding back the bank on one of the sides as I would be digging into it.
Basically, I was going to use the sub walls of the extension, Solid Dense Concrete Block 7.3N, to hold the bank back. (bank is about 1.2 m in height at highest point), is this ok, and would it get through Building Control. If not, what is a more appropriate way of doing it?
Also, can this be designed by an Architectural Technologist, or would I need to employ a separate Structural Engineer.
(Please see attached)
I am looking to build a single storey rear extension. My property is on a slope. (sloping from one side (left) down to the other (right)). I was looking to construct using a timber suspended floor like the original property.
My question relates to the retaining wall holding back the bank on one of the sides as I would be digging into it.
Basically, I was going to use the sub walls of the extension, Solid Dense Concrete Block 7.3N, to hold the bank back. (bank is about 1.2 m in height at highest point), is this ok, and would it get through Building Control. If not, what is a more appropriate way of doing it?
Also, can this be designed by an Architectural Technologist, or would I need to employ a separate Structural Engineer.