Hi,
i'm building a timber summerhouse. Because its over 15m2 (its 26m2) and within 1m of the boundary I require build controls approval.
We are using precast concrete pads as our foundations for our timber subframe. We dug pits to sit these in so the floor frame can be close to the ground.
The inspector said because of the type of soil and tree roots he'd like to see the pits deeper to a more compacted soil and some concrete in there, let me know when this is ready for inspection. No other detail... thats what he said.
So we dug down further and poured some concrete in to leaving just enough room for our concrete pads to finish at ground level.
He sent and email to the client explaining what he'd asked us to do but said I have asked them to contact him when they are ready to backfill.
Now i'm worried he means ready to backfill with concrete and not the soil to fill he pits back up.
Its only that the client forwarded the email to me I know about this. The inspector also turned up on the wrong day which wasn't arranged. He was informed it was Thursday but came on a Wednesday and told us he was told work was stating today so thought he'd come along. Reading the email the client sent, it clearly said Thursday.
What do you guys think? Can he make us dig up all the concrete to see the depth?
Seems mad he wants concrete under the pads as the pads themselves are blocks of concrete tested to 5 tonnes each and there are 9 of them.[/b]
i'm building a timber summerhouse. Because its over 15m2 (its 26m2) and within 1m of the boundary I require build controls approval.
We are using precast concrete pads as our foundations for our timber subframe. We dug pits to sit these in so the floor frame can be close to the ground.
The inspector said because of the type of soil and tree roots he'd like to see the pits deeper to a more compacted soil and some concrete in there, let me know when this is ready for inspection. No other detail... thats what he said.
So we dug down further and poured some concrete in to leaving just enough room for our concrete pads to finish at ground level.
He sent and email to the client explaining what he'd asked us to do but said I have asked them to contact him when they are ready to backfill.
Now i'm worried he means ready to backfill with concrete and not the soil to fill he pits back up.
Its only that the client forwarded the email to me I know about this. The inspector also turned up on the wrong day which wasn't arranged. He was informed it was Thursday but came on a Wednesday and told us he was told work was stating today so thought he'd come along. Reading the email the client sent, it clearly said Thursday.
What do you guys think? Can he make us dig up all the concrete to see the depth?
Seems mad he wants concrete under the pads as the pads themselves are blocks of concrete tested to 5 tonnes each and there are 9 of them.[/b]