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DOES ANYONE HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO HAVE PILING FOUNDATIONS SUNK FOR AN ADJOINING SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION? I ESTIMATE THEY WILL HAVE TO BE SUNK AROUND 2 1/2 TO 4 METRES DEEP. THE SIZE OF THE EXTENSION WILL BE AROUND 30FT BY 8 FT AND WILL NEED PILINGS ALONG THE 2 ENDS AND 1 SIDE.

I have planning permission for a garage and study to be built on to the side of the house. To save money, I have taken on digging the footings myself, by hand. My problem is that the 1930's house is built upon the site of an old victorian refuse tip. To reach firm ground I had to dig an...