piers

I'm looking at different ways of making small cast-in-place concrete piers for things like small buildings, decks and similar structures. I'm interested in the practical side rather than structural calculations: how do you normally form the pier, keep the form in position and get the top to the...

I am planning on building a couple of garden buildings, one 30sqm, and another smaller 'practice shed' that is around 9sqm. Both are on a hill, the smaller building on a steeper bit of land than the larger one (which is flat-ish mostly). Due to the location, materials have to be transported by...

I live in a new build property. I have a detached garage constructed. It has a single skin brick wall and poured concrete slab. Along the longest walls are piers constructed of block, two on each side. There is a joint of motar between the blocks and the brickwork, I can't see if there is...

Evening all Wondering if I can pick your collective brains about lintels and loading etc. I’m intending to convert an old outbuilding/barn as a small workshop. The construction in solid 9” brick around 6m wide x 4.5m deep. At one end, and the middle of the building there are some 500mm...