rebar

Hi, First time post - go easy on me. I'm building a side-return extension on my victorian terrace which also requires the removal of two internal walls which divide the kitchen into 3 rooms. To keep the house functional and to save money, my plan is to work my way back from the end of the...

Hi, the rear garden of my property has three small tiers that go up to the top end of the garden. The tiers are about 3m total depth with a final height of the third one about 1.8m. They are currently held by three stone walls that are just set on the soil with no footings at all. Basically I...

A local charity has asked my advice about new footings for a heavy iron swing gate on their depot that needs repaired. Due to a very sandy terrain (no rock or clay bed in the Netherlands) I am undecided whether a spread footing (reinforced slab and small upstand ) or two reinforced footing's...

Hello everyone, I've just read about rebar (reinforcement in concrete foundations) being used as an electrical earth in the USA. Apparently it's in their equivalent of the 17th Edition: "it turns out that rebar in concrete footings or the foundation for a house is actually a more effective...