I'm in the process of building a light well for a basement conversion. My structural engineer has 'missed' this out from the original statement of work and waiting will put a 3 week delay on the whole project.
Opinions on whether or not I should continue with/without the calculations aside (although I may well change my mind based on what you say
), how is best to proceed?
This is a old Victorian terrace with a small front garden, facing onto a path and then a quiet residential no through road. I would like the internal dimensions of the light well to be 1.7deep x 1m x 1.4m (1.4m facing the road, retaining the path).
My bricklayer was suggesting reinforced mesh in the slab to the bottom of the lightwell, and tied into rebar going up through hollow concrete blocks, 9 inches thick, then filling with concrete.
Whats the general concensus on if thats should do the trick? I'm assuming hundreds of these lightwells are designed and there must be a fairly standard method for designing them, I just can;t find it.
Opinions on whether or not I should continue with/without the calculations aside (although I may well change my mind based on what you say
), how is best to proceed?This is a old Victorian terrace with a small front garden, facing onto a path and then a quiet residential no through road. I would like the internal dimensions of the light well to be 1.7deep x 1m x 1.4m (1.4m facing the road, retaining the path).
My bricklayer was suggesting reinforced mesh in the slab to the bottom of the lightwell, and tied into rebar going up through hollow concrete blocks, 9 inches thick, then filling with concrete.
Whats the general concensus on if thats should do the trick? I'm assuming hundreds of these lightwells are designed and there must be a fairly standard method for designing them, I just can;t find it.
