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  1. moconnell

    Single storey workshop, good enough foundations

    that's a no isn't it?
  2. moconnell

    Single storey workshop, good enough foundations

    ha yes good point any idea if you could just soak away into a pond?
  3. moconnell

    Single storey workshop, good enough foundations

    ok I don't know I need to worry too much about water as I've dug the hole before winter and it never gets very wet but might be better safe than sorry I guess, but at least at one side it will be retaining as above.
  4. moconnell

    Single storey workshop, good enough foundations

    ok what rubble to concrete ratio if Igo down 600?
  5. moconnell

    Single storey workshop, good enough foundations

    Cheers. OK I am just doing beneath the brick course as I am having a suspended wooden floor but hut will be otherwise very similar to yours. Nice job on that btw!
  6. moconnell

    Single storey workshop, good enough foundations

    Hi guys, I am about to build a shed/workshop in my garden. I am sinking the structure down about a foot at the deepest (on a slight slope) so as to get best headroom as near neighbours (thus it is 2.5m high). I am planning to do knee high brick and concrete block dual walls with resting timber...
  7. moconnell

    Cheap and good foundations for a greenhouse

    OK. I won't try too much brick then. Thanks for the feedback.
  8. moconnell

    Cheap and good foundations for a greenhouse

    I have a largeish 4.5m * 2.5 M greenhouse that I have to make foundations for. It's on a 1 in 4? gradient width wise and I've dug 40 cm deep 25 cm wide trenches for concrete so that the lowest part is about 15 cm deep. I've been told this is not deep enough really and it should be 40 cm all...
  9. moconnell

    Fireplace repair after back boiler removal

    Hi I've recently had a back boiler removed exsposing a cavity in the chimney in the front room. The brickwork inside this is conrete bricks on the bottom and red brick on all other sides, the right hand of which is extrememly uneven (one brick jutting out 1/2 cm). I want to plaster it so it has...
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