Greetings, discoverd this mine of info a few weeks ago and figured i'd throw my lot in.
Bit of a DIY nurd , done my own heating, stud, bathroom. fishtank base for a 300l tank, terraced the garden, shed, my drive (can handle a 44t tractor parked on it) etc.
Finaly reached a point where i fancy a second opinion from outside my own circle of mates to check my thoughts on my lates progect if you don't mind.
To bussiness, a good friend of mine has a rather disasterous issue where his garden is falling into his neighbours, owing to a previous resident now long left deciding to terrace his side. Lots of mumbo jumbo. Short vertion is he's got to deal with it. Enter me.
His garden is actually on average 2ft above his neighbours, he wants (well his missus) wants the garden level. This means taking it up another 18 inches.
My plan is: (this is where i get shot down)
(23ft garden boundry)
12inch by 2ft foundation by 23ft, concrete (1.5cuY)
(supplied mixed),reinforced with rebar mesh.
Vertical reinforcement of rebar (12mm) within double width hollow 7nm blocks (which are channeled for horisontal rebar)
5 course of these blocks with 3 piers, these blocks filled with concrete around the rebar both verticle and horisontal.
Still undecided as to drainage as whatever i do it will drain into the neighbours garden, weep holes or land drain? Weep holes i think...
From bottom of footing to the top will be 4ft 6 or therabouts, of which roughly 6-8 inches will be above ground on Pauls side and around 3ft on the neighbours, screened by their apallingly bad fence.
With the footings i'm going to include the fence posts for a 6 foot inch spaced open pattern fence (so wind can pass) as a final screen as they are looking directly into their neighbours bedrooms almost. Yuk.
There is no water table issue as that is well below Pauls garden, i may be a bit ott but its all on, ready, CLAY. Sorry if its a bit much, digging the hhhuuuuggggeeee trench at the mo.
OK bring on the comments, i can take it.....honest....
Bit of a DIY nurd , done my own heating, stud, bathroom. fishtank base for a 300l tank, terraced the garden, shed, my drive (can handle a 44t tractor parked on it) etc.
Finaly reached a point where i fancy a second opinion from outside my own circle of mates to check my thoughts on my lates progect if you don't mind.
To bussiness, a good friend of mine has a rather disasterous issue where his garden is falling into his neighbours, owing to a previous resident now long left deciding to terrace his side. Lots of mumbo jumbo. Short vertion is he's got to deal with it. Enter me.
His garden is actually on average 2ft above his neighbours, he wants (well his missus) wants the garden level. This means taking it up another 18 inches.
My plan is: (this is where i get shot down)
(23ft garden boundry)
12inch by 2ft foundation by 23ft, concrete (1.5cuY)
(supplied mixed),reinforced with rebar mesh.
Vertical reinforcement of rebar (12mm) within double width hollow 7nm blocks (which are channeled for horisontal rebar)
5 course of these blocks with 3 piers, these blocks filled with concrete around the rebar both verticle and horisontal.
Still undecided as to drainage as whatever i do it will drain into the neighbours garden, weep holes or land drain? Weep holes i think...
From bottom of footing to the top will be 4ft 6 or therabouts, of which roughly 6-8 inches will be above ground on Pauls side and around 3ft on the neighbours, screened by their apallingly bad fence.
With the footings i'm going to include the fence posts for a 6 foot inch spaced open pattern fence (so wind can pass) as a final screen as they are looking directly into their neighbours bedrooms almost. Yuk.
There is no water table issue as that is well below Pauls garden, i may be a bit ott but its all on, ready, CLAY. Sorry if its a bit much, digging the hhhuuuuggggeeee trench at the mo.
OK bring on the comments, i can take it.....honest....