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Thanks for the input. The SE has drawn it out, it arrived the day he left for a 2 week holiday! There is a section drawing which shows the Lintels sitting on the pads below ground level. To me this is crazy because digging out the ground between pads for the Lintel defeats the object of using...

It hasn't got to BC yet, the design is from the SE and based on the Tree survey, it's a 500 to 1000 ur old Yew and planning won't let us do anything unless we can show the tree will be protected. If we meet a root we can protect with a split case. The ground has been stable for decades so we...

Not over a specific root, it is to protect the tree by not disturbing the ground too much or severing roots with a machine if a strip foundation were used. It has to be hand dug pads.

Hi, I want to use a pad and lintol design for a foundation, this to protect a nearby tree (it's for a single story extension). The pad at 200mm thick has to be a min 600mm below ground, I then presume I have to build up out of the ground to sit the lintols on. What is the best way to build up...