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Hi all - I live in a clay soil area in Essex with a willow tree some 3.5 m away. I'm building a 6X5 m (30m2) outbuilding at the end of garden. Building Regs is saying I need a "raft foundation with a downstand beam to the perimeter." Can someone please explain precisely what this means...

Hi, was hoping to get some advise re: a small outbuilding I'm building at the end of my garden. my footings are going to be 2 m deep since i live in a clay soil area and there is a small tree 1m away. question is how far below ground level should i start building. SHould i fill the trench...

Thanks for this. So seeing that i'm in Essex with clay soil i think 0.9 m foundation should do it. Regarding the services I guess I'll need water, electricity gas and then waste water. So where do they go in, I can leave a hole in the block cavity wall, but since its got to underground...

Hi I am building an outbuilding at the back of my garden and have a few questions that I was wondering if you could answer? 1) External dimensions are 580 cm wide by 560 metres long, height 4 m. its to be a block cavity wall. Can i lay a simple concrete footing, if so how deep should it be...