Evening all
I'm currently planning to build a metal clad and framed garage/workshop/storage shed at the back of my property. It's on a sloping site, there is about 50cm height difference between two diagonally opposite corners. The access is at the high point of the site, so the rest of the site will need to be built up varying amounts to that height. I can't put a slope in to make a suitable access to the garage for a vehicle.
I've got designs for foundation slab and pads for it if it was on a flat site. If I extend the pads down so that their height is increased by the height above ground level that it needs to be to be level and then construct a poured concrete wall to act as a retaining wall around the parts that need it. The area would then be filled and compacted with dot type 1 before the slab is poured across the top of it all.
If the retaining walls were a spade width (20cm ish) and dug down 30cm below ground level with a 15cm base of compacted dot type 1 aggregate.
Does that all sound suitable? Any suggestions? Or am I being daft...
Cheers,
Conor
(SORRY, HAD MEANT TO PUT THIS IN 'BUILDING' SECTION)
I'm currently planning to build a metal clad and framed garage/workshop/storage shed at the back of my property. It's on a sloping site, there is about 50cm height difference between two diagonally opposite corners. The access is at the high point of the site, so the rest of the site will need to be built up varying amounts to that height. I can't put a slope in to make a suitable access to the garage for a vehicle.
I've got designs for foundation slab and pads for it if it was on a flat site. If I extend the pads down so that their height is increased by the height above ground level that it needs to be to be level and then construct a poured concrete wall to act as a retaining wall around the parts that need it. The area would then be filled and compacted with dot type 1 before the slab is poured across the top of it all.
If the retaining walls were a spade width (20cm ish) and dug down 30cm below ground level with a 15cm base of compacted dot type 1 aggregate.
Does that all sound suitable? Any suggestions? Or am I being daft...
Cheers,
Conor
(SORRY, HAD MEANT TO PUT THIS IN 'BUILDING' SECTION)
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