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Hey forum, I am building a garden office which will be 7m x 5m. The quote my builder gave me for the foundations was £££££'s so I am looking to reduce costs.
I can handle a spade and a pick axe and have a van so considering digging the foundations myself. Yes I know it will be a lot of hard work but thats fine. I could do with the exercise anyway.
It will of course take a long time this way but time I have. If I can do 1m of foundations per week I should have them done in time for summer. For me and the timelines of the project that is OK.
My builder warned me that if the foundations are dug and left for too long that the land would cave in. He is probably right. What are your thoughts on this?
So I was thinking about potential solutions. I could prop up the two facing walls of the foundations with a bit of 12mm ply on each side and attach a bit of batton between them to keep the pressure on the two opposing faces. Then bring in my builder to finish up the concrete pouring and build. Is this a ludicrous idea or would this be OK? Can you see any potential issues with this?
Appreciate your responses...
I can handle a spade and a pick axe and have a van so considering digging the foundations myself. Yes I know it will be a lot of hard work but thats fine. I could do with the exercise anyway.
It will of course take a long time this way but time I have. If I can do 1m of foundations per week I should have them done in time for summer. For me and the timelines of the project that is OK.
My builder warned me that if the foundations are dug and left for too long that the land would cave in. He is probably right. What are your thoughts on this?
So I was thinking about potential solutions. I could prop up the two facing walls of the foundations with a bit of 12mm ply on each side and attach a bit of batton between them to keep the pressure on the two opposing faces. Then bring in my builder to finish up the concrete pouring and build. Is this a ludicrous idea or would this be OK? Can you see any potential issues with this?
Appreciate your responses...